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CVE-2018-15380

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15380 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco HyperFlex Software releases prior to 3.5(2a), specifically affecting the cluster service manager. This flaw, stemming from insufficient input validation, allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to inject and execute commands as the root user. The attack requires adjacent network access and has low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not on the KEV catalog, there has been some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:hyperflex_hx_data_platform:3.0\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:hyperflex_hx_data_platform:3.5\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 1,859 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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-20190220-hyperflex-injection
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107095
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry