01 Record
CVE-2018-11778
UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow. Versions prior to 1.2.0 should be upgraded to 1.2.0
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger 1.2.0 was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow. Versions prior to 1.2.0 should be upgraded to 1.2.0
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-10-05 19:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-06-05
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f222defd997f47c487caa8cda0e1e2d836f5bb88de4e5d91648f96f6a2fff814
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- cwiki.apache.orghttps://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20181004 CVE update - fixed in Apache Ranger 1.2.0https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/11
- lists.apache.org[ranger-dev] 20200121 [jira] [Resolved] (RANGER-2681) CVE-2019-12397: Apache Ranger cross site scripting issuehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r04bc435a92911de4b52d2b98f169bd7cf2e8bbeb53b03788df8f932c%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[ranger-dev] 20200121 [jira] [Commented] (RANGER-2681) CVE-2019-12397: Apache Ranger cross site scripting issuehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd88077a781ef38f7687c100f93992f4dda8aa101925050c4af470998%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E