CVE-2018-6535 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Icinga 2.x up to version 2.8.1, where the absence of a constant-time password comparison function could allow an attacker to deduce user passwords. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.