CVE-2018-8096
Datalust Seq before 4.2.605 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass (with the attacker obtaining admin access) via '"Name":"isauthenticationenabled","Value":false' in an api/settings/setting-isauthenticationenabled PUT request.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Datalust Seq before 4.2.605 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass (with the attacker obtaining admin access) via '"Name":"isauthenticationenabled","Value":false' in an api/settings/setting-isauthenticationenabled PUT request.
- 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
- 48.18% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 2 August 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- datalust/seq
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 33.9% on 21 September 2026 to 48.2% 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 (1)
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
- https://github.com/datalust/seq-tickets/issues/675Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45136/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/datalust/seq-tickets/issues/675Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45136/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.