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CVE-2018-8018

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8018 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Apache Ignite versions prior to 2.4.8 and 2.5.3. The flaw allows for arbitrary code execution due to the absence of a class allowlist in the serialization mechanism, enabling attackers to exploit vulnerable third-party classes present in the Ignite classpath by sending a specially crafted serialized object to the GridClientJdkMarshaller deserialization endpoint. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ignite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> 2.5.0, < 2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ignite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0679 is in the 88th 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 (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.ignite:ignite-coreFixed in: 2.6
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.2Fixed in: camel-ignite
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: camel-ignite

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-qcjv-wfcg-mmprcritical

Code execution via deserialization in org.apache.ignite:ignite-core

Oct 16, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-8018Important

ignite: Improper deserialization allows for code execution via GridClientJdkMarshaller endpoint

Jul 19, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3768
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/e0fdf53114a321142ecfa5cfa17658090f0b4e1677de431e329b37ab%40%3Cdev.ignite.apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/104911
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry