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CVE-2018-21246

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-21246 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Caddy versions prior to 0.10.13, stemming from its mishandling of TLS client authentication due to the absence of a StrictHostMatching mode. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100 indicates a substantial potential threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caddyserver:caddy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0272 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/caddyserver/caddyFixed in: 0.10.13

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-gr7w-x2jp-3xgwcritical

Caddy vulnerable to Authentication Bypass due to mishandling of TLS client authentication

Oct 6, 2022

References

bugs.gentoo.org / 715214
Third Party Advisory
github.com / caddyserver/caddy/releases/tag/v0.10.13
Release NotesThird Party Advisory