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CVE-2018-16153

An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.

Published: Dec 12, 2023Updated: May 27, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-522
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Opencast publishes global system account credentials

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-522

Affected Products

org.opencastproject:opencast-commonMavenOSS Libraries
opencastapereo
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / saas-application
n/an/a
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
apereooss-projectCloud & SaaSaka opencast, central authentication service, cas, phpcas

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Credential Access
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References

https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16153
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 12, 2023
Last Updated
May 27, 2025

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