What is CVE-2018-7072?

CVE-2018-7072 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-7072?

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

Vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager

CVE-2018-7072

A remote bypass of security restrictions vulnerability was identified in HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager prior to v1.24.

Published 2018-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager — versions versions prior to v1.24
HP Moonshot Provisioning Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-15 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7072?: CVE-2018-7072 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-7072?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.