CVE-2018-16848 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in OpenStack Mistral, affecting versions up to and including 7.0.3. An authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by submitting a specially crafted YAML workflow definition containing nested anchors. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires low privileges, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack-mistral:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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