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CVE-2018-20226

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20226 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in THEHIVE PROJECT Cortex versions prior to 2.1.3, where an organization administrator can create a super administrator account due to an issue with the Role.toString method. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a network attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring high privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thehive-project:cortex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

References

github.com / TheHive-Project/Cortex/blob/2.1.3/CHANGELOG.md
Third Party Advisory
github.com / TheHive-Project/Cortex/commit/1aaf2182a6b722ad539e2717bc11967d1bde723a
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / TheHive-Project/Cortex/issues/158
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory