CVE-2018-8970

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

1.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 61.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2018-03-24 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 07:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-03-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

55981ea889dfa68d1893fdd0191ec463b1ac10a1dc1883d9aba0e520c36c8818

• github.comhttps://github.com/libressl-portable/openbsd/commit/0654414afcce51a16d35d05060190a3ec4618d42x_refsource_MISC
• ftp.openbsd.orghttps://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.7.1-relnotes.txtx_refsource_MISC
• boringssl.googlesource.comhttps://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/+/e759a9cd84198613199259dbed401f4951747cffx_refsource_MISC