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CVE-2018-0274

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0274 describes a critical vulnerability in the CLI parser of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) versions 4.1 through 4.4.2.0. This flaw, stemming from insufficient input validation, allows an authenticated, remote attacker to inject malicious arguments and execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.1, <= 4.1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_services_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2, <= 4.2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_services_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.3, <= 4.3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_services_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.4, <= 4.4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_services_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0396 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-nso
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104449
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry