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CVE-2018-1074 json

ovirt-engine API and administration web portal before versions 4.2.2.5, 4.1.11.2 is vulnerable to an exposure of Power Management credentia…

published 2018-04-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11726

cvss
7.7
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ovirt-engine API and administration web portal before versions 4.2.2.5, 4.1.11.2 is vulnerable to an exposure of Power Management credentials, including cleartext passwords to Host Administrators. A Host Administrator could use this flaw to gain access to the power management systems of hosts they control.

Patch / fix

  • rhevm rhev manager 4 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7
  • ovirt-engine rhev manager 4 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7
  • ovirt-engine-lib rhev manager 4 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7
  • ovirt-engine-setup rhev manager 4 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7
  • ovirt-engine-tools rhev manager 4 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7
  • ovirt-engine-backend rhev manager 4 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7
  • ovirt-engine-restapi rhev manager 4 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7
  • ovirt-engine-dbscripts rhev manager 4 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7

red hat advisories RHBA-2018:1219

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-2018-1074 updated cvss 7.7

ovirt-engine: API exposes power management credentials to administrators

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 ovirt-engine
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1 rhevm 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7, ovirt-engine 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7, ovirt-engine-lib 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7, ovirt-engine-setup 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7, ovirt-engine-tools 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7, ovirt-engine-backend 4.1.11.2-0.1.el7, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2018:1219

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Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • unspecified ovirt-engine

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.