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CVE-2018-10843

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10843 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the source-to-image component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform versions prior to atomic-openshift 3.7.53 and 3.9.31. This flaw allows an attacker to execute the assemble script as the root user within a non-privileged container. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling attackers to open network connections and perform other root-level actions on the host system. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.7.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.9.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.9.31-1.git.34.154617d.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: atomic-openshift-0:3.9.31-1.git.0.ef9737b.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: atomic-openshift-descheduler-0:3.9.13-1.git.267.bb59a3f.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: atomic-openshift-dockerregistry-0:3.9.31-1.git.351.1bd46ed.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: atomic-openshift-node-problem-detector-0:3.9.13-1.git.167.5d6b0d4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: atomic-openshift-web-console-0:3.9.31-1.git.246.bded6a4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter-0:3.9.31-1.git.890.a55de06.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: mysql-apb-role-0:1.1.11-1.el7
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redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10843Important

source-to-image: Builder images with assembler-user LABEL set to root allows attackers to execute arbitrary code

May 24, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2013
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory