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CVE-2018-10871

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10871 is a cleartext storage vulnerability affecting 389-ds-base versions prior to 1.3.8.5 and 1.4.0.12, impacting Debian and Fedora 389 Directory Server installations. When Replica or retroChangeLog plugins are enabled, passwords are stored in plaintext within changelog files. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) allows attackers with high privileges, such as root or Directory Manager, to retrieve sensitive password information. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.4.0.0, < 1.4.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.8LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 5,538 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: 389-ds:1.4-8010020190903200205.eb48df33
View patch
redhatworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: 389-ds-base
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: 389-ds-base

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10871Moderate

389-ds-base: replication and the Retro Changelog plugin store plaintext password by default

Jun 18, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3401
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
pagure.io / 389-ds-base/issue/49789
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory