CVE-2018-11786

N/A
Published: September 18, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:36 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKaraf

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In Apache Karaf prior to 4.2.0 release, if the sshd service in Karaf is left on so an administrator can manage the running instance, any user with rights to the Karaf console can pivot and read/write any file on the file system to which the Karaf process user has access. This can be locked down a bit by using chroot to change the root directory to protect files outside of the Karaf install directory; it can be further locked down by defining a security manager policy that limits file system access to those directories beneath the Karaf home that are necessary for the system to run. However, this still allows anyone with ssh access to the Karaf process to read and write a large number of files as the Karaf process user.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.2.0
Affected range stops below 4.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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