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CVE-2018-1000018

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1000018 is an information disclosure vulnerability in ovirt-hosted-engine-setup prior to version 2.2.7, affecting oVirt products. This flaw inadvertently logs the root user's password, making it accessible in log files. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and the potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a local attacker gains access to the logs. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ovirt:ovirt-hosted-engine-setup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: ovirt-hosted-engine-setup

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1000018Moderate

ovirt-hosted-engine-setup: root password exposed in log file

Jan 24, 2018

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
gerrit.ovirt.org
Vendor Advisory