{"id":"CVE-2018-17957","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17957","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:59:14.508Z","title":"The YaST2 RMT module for configuring the SUSE Repository Mirroring Tool (RMT) before 1.1.2 exposed MySQL database passwords on process commandline, allowing local attackers to access or corrupt the RMT database.","description":"The YaST2 RMT module for configuring the SUSE Repository Mirroring Tool (RMT) before 1.1.2 exposed MySQL database passwords on process commandline, allowing local attackers to access or corrupt the RMT database.","published":"2018-12-26T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:46:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@opentext.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-214","CWE-287"],"affected":["suse/repository mirroring tool"],"epss":{"score":0.00375,"percentile":0.31308,"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 (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117602","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00068.html","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117602","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00068.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17957","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."}