CMM Security Vulnerability

published 2018-11-16 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20676

cvss: 5.9; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

Lenovo Chassis Management Module (CMM) prior to version 2.0.0 utilizes a hardcoded encryption key to protect certain secrets. Possession of the key can allow an attacker that has already compromised the server to decrypt these secrets.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Lenovo Chassis Management Module (CMM) 2.0.0

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Lenovo Chassis Management Module (CMM)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

support.lenovo.com /us/en/solutions/LEN-23806
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-9073
NVD CVE-2018-9073

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Summary