CVE-2018-18809

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-12-29. Federal remediation due 2023-01-19.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

79.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2019-03-07 22:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-10-29

Assigning CNA

tibco

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.9)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e198b96064555a3bbf9aa8e1545de6e10c5f4a04f6d28a5a0a6b70c2aaeea181

• www.tibco.comhttp://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisoriesx_refsource_MISC
• www.tibco.comhttps://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-6-2019-tibco-jasperreports-library-2018-18809x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com107351http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107351vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• seclists.org20190909 CVE-2018-18809 Path traversal in Tibco JasperSofthttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/17mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154406/Tibco-JasperSoft-Path-Traversal.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.elarlang.euhttps://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2018-18809-path-traversal-in-tibco-jaspersoft.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• cybersecurityworks.comhttps://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2018-18809-tibco.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18809government-resource