CVE-2018-6459

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

1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 61.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2018-02-20 15:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 06:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-01-31

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7ee629f844cca66cebdfd266ff0186e0c34e27b169aaf092185f6ee8dbbe9541

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.strongswan.orghttps://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0403http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE