CVE-2018-16849
openstack-mistral Discloses the presence of arbitrary files within the filesystem
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
A flaw was found in openstack-mistral. By manipulating the SSH private key filename, the std.ssh action can be used to disclose the presence of arbitrary files within the filesystem of the executor running the action. Since std.ssh private_key_filename can take an absolute path, it can be used to assess whether or not a file exists on the executor's filesystem.
How to fix CVE-2018-16849
To remediate CVE-2018-16849, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 7.0.0-2 or later
- —upgrade to 7.0.1 or later
- —upgrade to 7.0.1 or later
Is CVE-2018-16849 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 7.0.0-2
- from 0, < 7.0.1
- from 0, < 7.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |