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CVE-2018-14632

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14632 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in OpenShift Container Platform versions prior to 3.7, specifically when using the 'oc patch' functionality. This flaw, categorized as CWE-787, affects Red Hat and Starcounter Jack implementations of json_patch and OpenShift Container Platform. With a CVSS score of 7.7 (High), an attacker could exploit this remotely with low complexity to cause a denial of service against the OpenShift master API service, impacting cluster management. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:starcounter-jack:json-patch:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/evanphx/json-patchFixed in: 3.0.1-0.20180525145409-4c9aadca8f89
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/evanphx/json-patchFixed in: 0.5.2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.11.16-1.git.0.b48b8f8.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.6.173.0.130-1.git.0.8d78a39.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.9.51-1.git.0.dc3a40b.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.7.72-1.git.0.925b9cd.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.10.66-1.git.0.91d1e89.el7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: atomic-openshift
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: atomic-openshift
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4Fixed in: atomic-openshift
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5Fixed in: atomic-openshift
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0Fixed in: openshift

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-gxhv-3hwf-wjp9high

JSON-Patch Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2018-14632Important

atomic-openshift: oc patch with json causes masterapi service crash

Sep 6, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2018:2652
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2654
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2709
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2906
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2908
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / evanphx/json-patch/commit/4c9aadca8f89e349c999f04e28199e96e81aba03
PatchThird Party Advisory