CVE-2018-15800

Timing attack allows extraction of signing key in Bits Service

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: December 10, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBits Service

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

Cloud Foundry Bits Service, versions prior to 2.18.0, includes an information disclosure vulnerability. A remote malicious user may execute a timing attack to brute-force the signing key, allowing them complete read and write access to the the Bits Service storage.

Affected

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

v < 2.18.0
Affected range stops below 2.18.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2018-15800

CVSS

8.1HIGHdell
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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