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CVE-2018-8753

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8753 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in the IKEv1 implementation of Clavister cOS Core versions prior to 11.00.11, 11.20.06, and 12.00.09. This flaw allows remote attackers to decrypt RSA-encrypted nonces through a Bleichenbacher attack, potentially compromising confidentiality. The attack has high complexity but requires no user interaction, and while it impacts confidentiality, it does not affect integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage due to its cryptographic nature and broader implications for IKEv1.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.00.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clavister:cos_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.20.00, < 11.20.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clavister:cos_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.00.00, < 12.00.09CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clavister:cos_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

web-in-security.blogspot.com / 2018/08/practical-bleichenbacher-attacks-on-ipsec-ike.html
Third Party Advisory
clavister.com / advisories/security/clav-sa-0157-bleichenbacher-oracle-vulnerability-in-ikev1
Vendor Advisory