CVE-2018-10054
H2 1.4.197, as used in Datomic before 0.9.5697 and other products, allows remote code execution because CREATE ALIAS can execute arbitrary…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 33.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
H2 1.4.197, as used in Datomic before 0.9.5697 and other products, allows remote code execution because CREATE ALIAS can execute arbitrary Java code. NOTE: the vendor's position is "h2 is not designed to be run outside of a secure environment."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- H2 Web Interface Create Alias RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/h2_webinterface_rceRank excellentdisclosed 9 Apr 2018
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 44422 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.7% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.datomic:datomic-freeGHSA-9pf8-qqhm-7w64 (opens in a new tab)
References
10
- https://forum.datomic.com/t/important-security-update-0-9-5697/379 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 44422 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- http://blog.datomic.com/2018/03/important-security-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://mthbernardes.github.io/rce/2018/03/14/abusing-h2-database-alias.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [ignite-user] 20191213 Re: H2 version security concern (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [nifi-commits] 20200421 svn commit: r1876802 - /nifi/site/trunk/registry-security.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/1225 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/3099 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/1808#issuecomment-599203115 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3420 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9pf8-qqhm-7w64 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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