delete package via link exploit in open buildservice

published 2018-08-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-4437

cvss: 6.0; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

Authorized users of the openbuildservice before 2.9.4 could delete packages by using a malicious request against projects having the OBS:InitializeDevelPackage attribute, a similar issue to CVE-2018-7689.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1 links 1

opensuse openbuildservice 9.2.4

open-build-service Debian 12 2.9.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12467

github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service@f57b660 commit

Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

opensuse openbuildservice

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-12467
NVD CVE-2018-12467

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Summary