CVE-2018-14643
An authentication bypass flaw was found in the smart_proxy_dynflow component used by Foreman. A malicious attacker can use this flaw to…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 6.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An authentication bypass flaw was found in the smart_proxy_dynflow component used by Foreman. A malicious attacker can use this flaw to remotely execute arbitrary commands on machines managed by vulnerable Foreman instances, in a highly privileged context.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
[UNKNOWN] · smart_proxy_dynflow
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemssmart_proxy_dynflowGHSA-gx5g-xcxj-cx2w (opens in a new tab)
References
4
- 105375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/theforeman/smart_proxy_dynflow/pull/54 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2733 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14643 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2018-0606 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gx5g-xcxj-cx2w (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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