VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-1000018
An information disclosure in ovirt-hosted-engine-setup prior to 2.2.7 reveals the root user's password in the log file.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An information disclosure in ovirt-hosted-engine-setup prior to 2.2.7 reveals the root user's password in the log file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 36th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Affected
- ovirt/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1536941Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/86635/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1536941Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/86635/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.