CVE-2018-0489 is a digital signature bypass vulnerability in Shibboleth XMLTooling-C before 1.6.4, affecting Shibboleth Service Provider on Windows and other products like Aruba ClearPass and Debian. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or impersonate users via crafted XML data, stemming from an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:xmltooling-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.6.0, <= 6.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.