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CVE-2018-10917 json

Withdrawn Advisory: Pulp Improper Path Parsing

published 8y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-574p-6fw4-4hw8 , EUVD-2022-2518

cvss
6.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

pulp 2.16.x and possibly older is vulnerable to an improper path parsing. A malicious user or a malicious iso feed repository can write to locations accessible to the 'apache' user. This may lead to overwrite of published content on other iso repositories.

Patch / fix

  • v8 satellite capsule 6.5 1:3.14.5.10-19.el7sat
  • tfm satellite capsule 6.5, satellite 6.5 5.0-3.el7sat
  • kobo satellite capsule 6.5, satellite 6.5 0.5.1-1.el7sat
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.5, satellite 6.5 2.18.1.1-1.el7sat
  • gofer satellite capsule 6.5, satellite 6.5 2.12.5-3.el7sat
  • ostree satellite capsule 6.5, satellite 6.5 2017.1-2.atomic.el7
  • SOAPpy satellite capsule 6.5, satellite 6.5 0.11.6-17.el7
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.5, satellite 6.5 1.20.1.34-1.el7sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:1222RHEA-2019:1283

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-10917 updated cvss 6.8

pulp: Improper path parsing leads to overwriting of iso repositories

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.5 tfm 5.0-3.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, SOAPpy 0.11.6-17.el7, gofer 2.12.5-3.el7sat, liquibase 3.1.0-1.el7, pulp 2.18.1.1-1.el7sat, +397 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.5 tfm 5.0-3.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, SOAPpy 0.11.6-17.el7, gofer 2.12.5-3.el7sat, pulp 2.18.1.1-1.el7sat, tfm-ror52 1.0-4.el7sat, +212 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1222
  • Red Hat RHUI 3 for RHEL 7 kobo 0.5.1-1.el7ui, pulp 2.18.1.1-3.el7ui, rh-rhui-tools 3.1.1-2, mongodb 2.6.11-2.el7ui, repoview 0.6.6-4.el7ui, yaml-cpp 0.5.1-7.el7ui, +34 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHEA-2019:1283
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 python-pulp-common, python-pulp-agent-lib
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] pulp

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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