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CVE-2018-11787

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11787 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Karaf versions prior to 3.0.9, 4.0.9, and 4.1.1. When the webconsole feature and the Pax Web Extender Whiteboard bundle are installed, the Gogo shell console becomes accessible at an unsecured URL (/gogo/), allowing unauthenticated users full access to the Karaf command line. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:4.0.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:4.0.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0257 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.karaf:apache-karafFixed in: 3.0.9
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.karaf:apache-karafFixed in: 4.0.9
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.karaf:apache-karafFixed in: 4.1.1
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: karaf
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: opendaylight

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-cq9c-55r7-455xhigh

Improper Authentication in Apache Karaf

Jan 7, 2019
redhatCVE-2018-11787Moderate

karaf: Authentication bypass access to Gogo shell in the webconsole

Sep 18, 2018

References

karaf.apache.org / security/cve-2018-11787.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/KARAF-4993
Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/d9ba4c3104ba32225646879a057b75b54430f349c246c85469037d3c%40%3Cdev.karaf.apache.org%3E