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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-18389 json

Incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server via LDAP authentication

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-h5f5-rj4r-42f6 , EUVD-2018-0611

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Due to incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server 3.4.x before 3.4.9, the setting of LDAP for authentication with STARTTLS, and System Account for authorization, allows an attacker to log into the server by sending any valid username with an arbitrary password.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.neo4j:neo4j-enterprise 3.4.9
  • neo4j neo4j 3.4.9

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Exploit prediction

1.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/issues/12047 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.neo4j:neo4j-enterprise
>=3.4.0, <3.4.9
3.4.9

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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