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CVE-2018-8040 json

Pages that are rendered using the ESI plugin can have access to the cookie header when the plugin is configured not to allow access.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-19724

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.2%
EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Pages that are rendered using the ESI plugin can have access to the cookie header when the plugin is configured not to allow access. This affects Apache Traffic Server (ATS) versions 6.0.0 to 6.2.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.1.3. To resolve this issue users running 6.x should upgrade to 6.2.3 or later versions and 7.x users should upgrade to 7.1.4 or later versions.

Patch / fix

  • trafficserver Debian 12 7.1.4+ds-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8040

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Exploit prediction

7.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

Sources

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