CVE-2018-14891
Management Console in Vectra Networks Cognito Brain and Sensor before 4.3 contains a local...
Management Console in Vectra Networks Cognito Brain and Sensor before 4.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Management Console in Vectra Networks Cognito Brain and Sensor before 4.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2018-14891- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Management Console in Vectra Networks Cognito Brain and Sensor before 4.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2018-14891- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-6773 No score
Management Console in Vectra Networks Cognito Brain and Sensor before 4.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2018-6773- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gvcx-8jgh-4v3p
Management Console in Vectra Networks Cognito Brain and Sensor before 4.3 contains a local...
Management Console in Vectra Networks Cognito Brain and Sensor before 4.3 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-gvcx-8jgh-4v3p- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-14891 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Vectra Cognito, published September 21, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.