CVE-2018-0696
OpenAM (Open Source Edition) 13.0 and later does not properly manage sessions, which allows remote authenticated attackers to change the security questions and reset the login password via unspecified vectors.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
OpenAM (Open Source Edition) 13.0 and later does not properly manage sessions, which allows remote authenticated attackers to change the security questions and reset the login password via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.06% probability · 64th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-640
- Affected
- osstech/openam
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
EPSS 1.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49995005/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cs.themistruct.com/report/wam20181012Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.osstech.co.jp/support/am2018-4-1-enThird Party Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN49995005/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cs.themistruct.com/report/wam20181012Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.osstech.co.jp/support/am2018-4-1-enThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.