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CVE-2018-8096

67
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8096 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Datalust Seq versions prior to 4.2.605. An unauthenticated attacker can gain administrative access by sending a crafted PUT request to the api/settings/setting-isauthenticationenabled endpoint, setting the "isauthenticationenabled" value to false. This critical vulnerability, rated 9.8 CVSS, allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not observed in active exploitation campaigns, a public exploit (EDB-45136) is available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.2.605CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:datalust:seq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
48.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45136 · Aug 2, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4883 is in the 96th 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / datalust/seq-tickets/issues/675
PatchThird Party Advisory
medium.com / stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45136
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry