CVE-2018-1160
Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi_opensess.c. This is due to lack of bounds checking on attacker…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 86.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi_opensess.c. This is due to lack of bounds checking on attacker controlled data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits6
Exploit-DB3 entries
- QNAP Netatalk < 3.1.12 - Authentication Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46675remote, multiplepublished 8 Apr 2019Verified
- Netatalk 3.1.12 - Authentication Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46034remote, multiplepublished 21 Dec 2018Verified
- Netatalk 3.1.12 - Authentication Bypass (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46048dos, multiplepublished 21 Dec 2018Verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 46034 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 46048 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 46675 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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
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By tenable
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 86.4% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
References
11
- http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.12.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://attachments.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=14735 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 106301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 46034 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://github.com/tenable/poc/tree/master/netatalk/cve_2018_1160/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 46048 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_18_62 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-48 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4356 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 46675 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152440/QNAP-Netatalk-Authentication-Bypass.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2018-11798 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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