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medium 5.3

CVE-2018-1073 json

The web console login form in ovirt-engine before version 4.2.3 returned different errors for non-existent users and invalid passwords, all…

published 2018-06-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11725

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The web console login form in ovirt-engine before version 4.2.3 returned different errors for non-existent users and invalid passwords, allowing an attacker to discover the names of valid user accounts.

Patch / fix

  • ovirt ovirt-engine 4.2.3
  • rhvm-appliance RHEL 7 2:4.2-20180504.0.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1525

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1073 updated cvss 5.3

ovirt-engine: account enumeration through login to web console

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 rhvm-appliance 4.2-20180504.0.el7 Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts rhvm-appliance 4.2-20180504.0.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1525

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] ovirt-engine

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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