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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-17918 json

Circontrol CirCarLife all versions prior to 4.3.1, authentication to the device can be bypassed by entering the URL of a specific page.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-9659

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Circontrol CirCarLife all versions prior to 4.3.1, authentication to the device can be bypassed by entering the URL of a specific page.

Patch / fix

  • circontrol circarlife_firmware 4.3.1

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Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-18-305-03 updated cvss 10.0

Circontrol CirCarLife

  • Circontrol CirCarLife < 4.3.1
    affected: mitigation “Circontrol has released a new version of the software that is available at (login required):”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • unknown Circontrol CirCarLife all versions prior to 4.3.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

Sources

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