CVE-2018-7739
antsle antman before 0.9.1a allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via invalid characters in the username and password parameters, as demonstrated by a username=>&password=%0a string to the /login URI.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
antsle antman before 0.9.1a allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via invalid characters in the username and password parameters, as demonstrated by a username=>&password=%0a string to the /login URI. This allows obtaining root permissions within the web management console, because the login process uses Java's ProcessBuilder class and a bash script called antsle-auth with insufficient input validation.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 53.23% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · first 2 March 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- antsle/antman
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 39.1% on 21 September 2026 to 53.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.codecatoctin.com/2018/02/antman-authentication-bypass.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44220/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44262/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blog.codecatoctin.com/2018/02/antman-authentication-bypass.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44220/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44262/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.