CVE-2018-0042 is a critical information disclosure vulnerability affecting Juniper Networks CSO versions prior to 4.0.0, where passwords are logged in plaintext within log files. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely access sensitive information, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness. Despite the high risk, it is not listed on the KEV catalog and has received no media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:juniper:contrail_service_orchestration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.