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CVE-2018-12472

Authentication bypass in sibling check

Description

A improper authentication using the HOST header in SUSE Linux SMT allows remote attackers to spoof a sibling server. Affected releases are SUSE Linux SMT: versions prior to 3.0.37.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By microfocus

  2. · 4 months later

    Published

  3. · 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

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-12472, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
microfocusCNA (assigner)3.0High7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Critical9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.

Affected products

References

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Sources

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