Request controller allows to create requests with arbitrary request IDs

published 2018-10-09 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-4449

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to cause DoS by specifying crafted request IDs. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: versions prior to 01b015ca2a320afc4fae823465d1e72da8bd60df.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

openSUSE Open Build Service 01b015ca2a320afc4fae823465d1e72da8bd60df

open-build-service Debian 12 2.9.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12479

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Exploit prediction

1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

openSUSE Open Build Service

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1108435

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-12479
NVD CVE-2018-12479

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