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CVE-2018-20434

85
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20434 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting LibreNMS version 1.46, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands. The flaw stems from improper handling of the 'community' parameter during device creation, which can then be triggered by a subsequent request. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code is publicly available, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:librenms:librenms:1.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
71.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: LibreNMS addhost Command Injection · Dec 16, 2018
ExploitDB: EDB-47044 · Jun 28, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7149 is in the 98th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-62q7-qj6g-gvr7critical

LibreNMS arbitrary OS commands execution

May 24, 2022

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/153188/LibreNMS-addhost-Command-Injection.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/153448/LibreNMS-1.46-addhost-Remote-Code-Execution.html
drive.google.com / file/d/1LcGmOY8x-TG-wnNr-cM_f854kxk0etva/view
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
gist.github.com / mhaskar/516df57aafd8c6e3a1d70765075d372d
ExploitThird Party Advisory
shells.systems / librenms-v1-46-remote-code-execution-cve-2018-20434
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory