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CVE-2018-14643

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14643 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the smart_proxy_dynflow component of Foreman, allowing unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute arbitrary commands with high privileges on managed machines. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0606 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow-0:0.1.10.2-1.el7sat
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: smart_proxy_dynflowFixed in: 0.2.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: smart_proxy_dynflowFixed in: 0.1.11

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-gx5g-xcxj-cx2wcritical

smart_proxy_dynflow gem authentication bypass in Foreman remote execution feature

Oct 8, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-14643Critical

smart_proxy_dynflow: Authentication bypass in Foreman remote execution feature

Sep 20, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2733
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / theforeman/smart_proxy_dynflow/pull/54
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105375
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry