CVE-2018-12563
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a...
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a user can force lava-server-gunicorn to download any file from the filesystem if it's readable by lavaserver and valid yaml.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a user can force lava-server-gunicorn to download any file from the filesystem if it's readable by lavaserver and valid yaml.
- Record
CVE-2018-12563- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a user can force lava-server-gunicorn to download any file from the filesystem if it's readable by lavaserver and valid yaml.
- Record
CVE-2018-12563- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4523 No score
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a user can force lava-server-gunicorn to download any file from the filesystem if it's readable by lavaserver and valid yaml.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4523- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4mrc-59wr-qp25
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a...
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a user can force lava-server-gunicorn to download any file from the filesystem if it's readable by lavaserver and valid yaml.
- Record
GHSA-4mrc-59wr-qp25- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a user can force lava-server-gunicorn to download any file from the filesystem if it's readable by lavaserver and valid yaml.
- Record
CVE-2018-12563- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-12563
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a user can force lava-server-gunicorn to download any file from the filesystem if it's readable by lavaserver and valid yaml.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12563- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
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-2018-12563 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Linaro Lava, published June 19, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. Fixed in lava 2018.5.post1-1.