CVE-2018-10865
It has been discovered that redhat-certification does not perform an authorization check and...
It was discovered that the /configuration view of redhat-certification 7 does not perform an authorization check and it allows an unauthenticated user to call a "restart" RPC method on any host accessible by the system, even if not belonging to him.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
It was discovered that the /configuration view of redhat-certification 7 does not perform an authorization check and it allows an unauthenticated user to call a "restart" RPC method on any host accessible by the system, even if not belonging to him.
- Record
CVE-2018-10865- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
It was discovered that the /configuration view of redhat-certification 7 does not perform an authorization check and it allows an unauthenticated user to call a "restart" RPC method on any host accessible by the system, even if not belonging to him.
- Record
CVE-2018-10865- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-2931 No score
It was discovered that the /configuration view of redhat-certification 7 does not perform an authorization check and it allows an unauthenticated user to call a "restart" RPC method on any host accessible by the system, even if not belonging to him.
- Record
EUVD-2018-2931- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rvw8-rq4h-hvg2
It has been discovered that redhat-certification does not perform an authorization check and...
It has been discovered that redhat-certification does not perform an authorization check and allows an unauthenticated user to call a "restart" RPC method on any host accessible by the system. An attacker could use this flaw to send requests to port 8009 of any host or to keep restarting the RHCertD daemon on a host of another customer. This flaw affects redhat-certification version 7.
- Record
GHSA-rvw8-rq4h-hvg2- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- 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-2018-10865 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in [unknown] Redhat-certification, published May 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.