CVE-2018-7600

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• 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

99.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

2018-03-29 07:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-03-01

Assigning CNA

drupal

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

79e24d23654b8261d5cf35985350b84b120c3d9e5924feceb7d8d7c66756caa9

• github.comhttps://github.com/g0rx/CVE-2018-7600-Drupal-RCEx_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1040598http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040598vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/arancaytar/status/979090719003627521x_refsource_MISC
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/RicterZ/status/979567469726613504x_refsource_MISC
• www.drupal.orghttps://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-002x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.synology.comhttps://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_17x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/a2u/CVE-2018-7600x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com44482https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44482/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• research.checkpoint.comhttps://research.checkpoint.com/uncovering-drupalgeddon-2/x_refsource_MISC
• groups.drupal.orghttps://groups.drupal.org/security/faq-2018-002x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-4156https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4156vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180328 [SECURITY] [DLA 1325-1] drupal7 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00028.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.exploit-db.com44448https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44448/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com103534http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103534vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• badpackets.nethttps://badpackets.net/over-100000-drupal-websites-vulnerable-to-drupalgeddon-2-cve-2018-7600/x_refsource_MISC
• greysec.nethttps://greysec.net/showthread.php?tid=2912&pid=10561x_refsource_MISC
• blog.appsecco.comhttps://blog.appsecco.com/remote-code-execution-with-drupal-core-sa-core-2018-002-95e6ecc0c714x_refsource_MISC
• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/blog/critical-drupal-core-vulnerability-what-you-need-to-knowx_refsource_MISC
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/RicterZ/status/984495201354854401x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com44449https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44449/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-7600government-resource