CVE-2019-18902 is a critical Use After Free vulnerability affecting the 'wicked' network configuration daemon in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and 15, and openSUSE Leap 15.1 and Factory. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS (Critical), allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service or potentially execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness. Organizations using affected SUSE/openSUSE versions should prioritize patching to mitigate this severe risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.