CVE-2018-10871
389-ds-base before versions 1.3.8.5, 1.4.0.12 is vulnerable to a Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
389-ds-base before versions 1.3.8.5, 1.4.0.12 is vulnerable to a Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. By default, when the Replica and/or retroChangeLog plugins are enabled, 389-ds-base stores passwords in plaintext format in their respective changelog files. An attacker with sufficiently high privileges, such as root or Directory Manager, can query these files in order to retrieve plaintext passwords.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.13% probability · 66th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Affected
- fedoraproject/389 directory server · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.