CVE-2018-1085
Quotations around the values of ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH and ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH in etcd.conf result in etcd being configured to allow remote users to connect without any authentication if they can access the etcd server bound to the network on the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
openshift-ansible before versions 3.9.23, 3.7.46 deploys a misconfigured etcd file that causes the SSL client certificate authentication to be disabled. Quotations around the values of ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH and ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH in etcd.conf result in etcd being configured to allow remote users to connect without any authentication if they can access the etcd server bound to the network on the master nodes. An attacker could use this flaw to read and modify all the data about the Openshift cluster in the etcd datastore, potentially adding another compute node, or bringing down the entire cluster.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.28% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-592, CWE-287
- Affected
- redhat/openshift container platform
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.3% 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2013Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1085Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2013Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1085Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.