CVE-2018-12478
obs-service-replace_using_package_version allows to specify arbitrary input files
A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to extract files from the system where the service runs. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: status of is unknown.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
obs-service-replace_using_package_version allows to specify arbitrary input files
A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to extract files from the system where the service runs. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: status of is unknown.
- Record
CVE-2018-12478- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4448
A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to extract files from the system where the service runs. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: status of is unknown.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4448- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5h3v-27vw-f738
A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to...
A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to extract files from the system where the service runs. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: status of is unknown.
- Record
GHSA-5h3v-27vw-f738- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to extract files from the system where the service runs. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: status of is unknown.
- Record
CVE-2018-12478- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-12478 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Opensuse Open Build Service, published October 9, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.50%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.