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CVE-2018-19045

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19045 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in keepalived version 2.0.8. The software incorrectly created temporary files with insecure permissions (mode 0666) when generating diagnostic data, potentially exposing confidential information. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:keepalived:keepalived:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19045Moderate

keepalived: Insecure permissions when creating new temporary files allows for leaking of sensitive data

Nov 8, 2018

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / acassen/keepalived/commit/5241e4d7b177d0b6f073cfc9ed5444bf51ec89d6
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / acassen/keepalived/commit/c6247a9ef2c7b33244ab1d3aa5d629ec49f0a067
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / acassen/keepalived/issues/1048
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201903-01
Third Party Advisory