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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-12087

Failure to validate certificates in OPC Foundation UA Client Applications communicating without security allows attackers with control over a piece of network infrastructure to decrypt passwords.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.29%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Failure to validate certificates in OPC Foundation UA Client Applications communicating without security allows attackers with control over a piece of network infrastructure to decrypt passwords.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.29% probability · 21th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-295
Affected
opcfoundation/ua-.net-legacy · opcfoundation/ua-.netstandard
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.29%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% 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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.