{"id":"CVE-2018-17228","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17228","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:27:07.429Z","title":"nmap4j 1.1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an includeHosts call.","description":"nmap4j 1.1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an includeHosts call.","published":"2018-09-19T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:45:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["nmap4j project/nmap4j"],"epss":{"score":0.0164,"percentile":0.76252,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/narkisr/nmap4j/issues/9","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/narkisr/nmap4j/issues/9","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17228","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}