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CVE-2018-3183

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3183 is a critical vulnerability in the Scripting subcomponent of Oracle Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit, affecting versions 8u182, 11, 8u181, and R28.3.19 respectively. This vulnerability, with a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.0 (Critical), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to achieve complete takeover of the affected Java deployments, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While difficult to exploit, successful attacks can significantly affect additional products beyond the core Java components, particularly in client-side sandboxed environments loading untrusted code. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r28.3.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.3.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0282 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 200 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.4 Reddit, 1.1 Bluesky, 0.8 Mastodon, and 2.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.8 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.191-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.191-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.191.b12-0.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.191.b12-0.el7_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.1.13-3.el7_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el6_10
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-3183Critical

OpenJDK: Unrestricted access to scripting engine (Scripting, 8202936)

Oct 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2942
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2943
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3002
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3003
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3521
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3533
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3534
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3852
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-10
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20181018-0001
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3804-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4326
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105622
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / id/1041889
Broken Link