What is CVE-2018-19466?

CVE-2018-19466 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Portainer, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-19466?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-19466 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Portainer

CVE-2018-19466

A vulnerability was found in Portainer before 1.20.0. Portainer stores LDAP credentials, corresponding to a master password, in cleartext and allows their retrieval via API calls.

EPSS: 0.037 (88.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Portainer
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19466?: CVE-2018-19466 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Portainer, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-19466?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-19466 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.