CVE-2015-1778
Opendaylight will authenticate any username and password combination
The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.
- Record
CVE-2015-1778- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.
- Record
CVE-2015-1778- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-1905 No score
The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.
- Record
EUVD-2015-1905- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qm24-4869-99pj
Opendaylight will authenticate any username and password combination
The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.
- Record
GHSA-qm24-4869-99pj- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-qm24-4869-99pj
Opendaylight will authenticate any username and password combination
The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.
- Record
GHSA-qm24-4869-99pj- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resourcesMaven |
before 0.2.3-Helium-SR3 | 0.2.3-Helium-SR3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-1778 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Opendaylight, published June 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.74%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources 0.2.3-Helium-SR3.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/3
securityfocus.com/bid/73255
wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Security_Advisories
cloudrouter.org/security
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1778
web.archive.org/web/20150510044305/https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qm24-4869-99pj