CVE-2018-16153 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.

Published: 2023-12-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9	Opencast publishes global system account credentials

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00829.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.opencast.org/r/10.x/admin/#changelog
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9
https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51
https://www.apereo.org/projects/opencast/news

History

Tue, 27 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apereo Opencast

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-27T14:35:51.213Z

Reserved: 2018-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16153

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:38.300Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-12T17:15:07.517

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:43:47.433

Link: CVE-2018-16153

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-522
Insufficiently Protected Credentials

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