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CVE-2018-7689
Open Build Service arbitrary package modification
High7.1EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
Lack of permission checks in the InitializeDevelPackage function in openSUSE Open Build Service before 2.9.3 allowed authenticated users to modify packages where they do not have write permissions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 2.9.3
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-7689 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/990ef7cccef6f38fc1d1a1bb22a08e174dcba43b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [opensuse-buildservice] 20180606 Open Build Service 2.9.3 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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