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Fencer Intel
critical 9.3

CVE-2018-17954 json

crowbar provision leaks admin password to all nodes in cleartext

published 2020-04-03 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-9695

cvss
9.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An Improper Privilege Management in crowbar of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 allows root users on any crowbar managed node to cause become root on any other node. This issue affects: SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 crowbar-core versions prior to 4.0+git.1578392992.fabfd186c-9.63.1, crowbar-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ardana-cinder versions prior to 8.0+git.1579279939.ee7da88-3.39.3, ardana-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ardana-ansible versions prior to 9.0+git.1581611758.f694f7d-3.16.1, ardana-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 crowbar-core versions prior to 5.0+git.1582968668.1a55c77c5-3.35.4, crowbar-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 crowbar-core versions prior to 6.0+git.1582892022.cbd70e833-3.19.3, crowbar-.

Patch / fix

  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 4.0+git.1578392992.fabfd186c-9.63.1, crowbar-
  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 8.0+git.1579279939.ee7da88-3.39.3, ardana-
  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 9.0+git.1581611758.f694f7d-3.16.1, ardana-
  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1582968668.1a55c77c5-3.35.4, crowbar-
  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 6.0+git.1582892022.cbd70e833-3.19.3, crowbar-
  • ansible OpenStack Cloud 7 2.2.3.0-17.2
  • grafana OpenStack Cloud 7 6.7.4-1.17.1
  • crowbar-core OpenStack Cloud 7 4.0+git.1600767499.0615a418f-9.69.3
  • python-Pillow OpenStack Cloud 7 2.8.1-4.17.2
  • openstack-aodh OpenStack Cloud 7 3.0.5~dev2-2.11.2
  • openstack-heat OpenStack Cloud 7 7.0.7~dev10-5.17.3
  • openstack-nova OpenStack Cloud 7 14.0.11~dev13-4.45.3
  • openstack-cinder OpenStack Cloud 7 9.1.5~dev6-4.28.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:2911-1SUSE-SU-2020:2876-1SUSE-SU-2020:0642-1SUSE-SU-2020:0640-1SUSE-SU-2020:0311-1

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

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.