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CVE-2018-1000167

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1000167 describes an Insecure Deserialization vulnerability in OISF suricata-update version 1.0.0a1, specifically within its use of the insecure yaml.load function. This flaw allows for Remote Code Execution (RCE), potentially with root privileges, through a specially crafted YAML file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that it can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability was patched in suricata-update version 1.0.0b1.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0a1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata-update:1.0.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0416 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: suricata-updateFixed in: 1.0.0b1

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-7c4h-w765-6pwghigh

OISF suricata-update unsafely deserializes YAML data

May 14, 2022

References

redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org / issues/2359
Third Party Advisory
tech.feedyourhead.at / content/remote-code-execution-in-suricata-update
ExploitThird Party Advisory