CVE-2018-18556

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

15.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 96.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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.

Published

2018-12-17 18:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 11:15Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-10-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1b1a6119405e47ea9f2564a7d147366492e958c9d172b74914af7bc4dfe98120

• blog.vyos.iohttps://blog.vyos.io/the-operator-level-is-proved-insecure-and-will-be-removed-in-the-next-releasesx_refsource_CONFIRM
• blog.mirch.iohttps://blog.mirch.io/2018/11/05/cve-2018-18556-vyos-privilege-escalation-via-sudo-pppd-for-operator-users/x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159234/VyOS-restricted-shell-Escape-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC