CVE-2018-14055

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Published Jul 15, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 does not properly validate untrusted lines coming from the network, allowing a non-admin user to escalate his privilege and inject rogue values into znc.conf.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:znc:znc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1427-1	znc security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4252-1	znc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2018-5981	ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 does not properly validate untrusted lines coming from the network, allowing a non-admin user to escalate his privilege and inject rogue values into znc.conf.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.463% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/a7bfbd93812950b7444841431e8e297e62cb524e
https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/d22fef8620cdd87490754f607e7153979731c69d
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4252

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Znc Znc

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 9:21 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 15, 2018, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 9:21 AM
Reserved: Jul 14, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:40 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 15, 2018, 1:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:40 AM

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