CVE-2018-16153
It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.83% probability · 57th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- apereo/opencast
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.8% 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://docs.opencast.org/r/10.x/admin/#changelogRelease Notes
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51Patch
- https://www.apereo.org/projects/opencast/newsRelease Notes
- https://docs.opencast.org/r/10.x/admin/#changelogRelease Notes
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51Patch
- https://www.apereo.org/projects/opencast/newsRelease Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.