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CVE-2018-18836 json

An issue was discovered in Netdata 1.10.0.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-10550

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Netdata 1.10.0. JSON injection exists via the api/v1/data tqx parameter because of web_client_api_request_v1_data in web/api/web_api_v1.c.

Patch / fix

  • netdata Debian 12 1.11.1+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18836

  • netdata Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.9.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18836

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • netdata openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.31.0-1.3
  • netdata Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.31.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • netdata Package Hub 15 SP2 1.29.3-bp152.4.3.1
  • netdata openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.29.3-lp152.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11083-1openSUSE-SU-2021:1603-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0730-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0647-1

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Vendor advisories

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

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-18836 updated cvss 4.3

netdata: jason injection exists in web_client_api_request_v1_data in web/api/web_api_v1.c

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.96% 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/netdata/netdata/blob/798c141c49ee85bddc8f48f25d2cb593ec96da07/web/api/web_api_v1.c#L388 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/798c141c49ee85bddc8f48f25d2cb593ec96da07/web/api/web_api_v1.c#L403 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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