CVE-2018-16878

A flaw was found in pacemaker up to and including version 2.0.1. An insufficient verification inflicted preference of uncontrolled processes can lead to DoS

Published: 2019-04-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-16878 is rated Low Risk (24.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-16878

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.06% 0.03% -0.03%
2 2025-11-18 0.03% 0.06% +0.03%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-16878

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.2 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.5 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-16878

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-16878

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-16878 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pacemaker), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16878
gentoo high CVE-2018-16878: 1 GLSA(s) (202309-09), 1 atom(s) (sys-cluster/pacemaker); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-16878
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16878
suse medium CVE-2018-16878 severity moderate: SUSE including 53 source package names (libpacemaker-devel, libpacemaker-devel-1.1.16-6.14.1, …), 88 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP2, … (16 product lines)): Fixed 48, Known Not Affected 40. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16878/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-16878 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pacemaker), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16878

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-16878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
clusterlabs pacemaker <= 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:clusterlabs:pacemaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 28 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 29 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_aus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_aus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_aus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_tus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_tus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_tus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-16878

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108039 Broken Link
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1278 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1279 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16878 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ClusterLabs/pacemaker/pull/1749 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3GCWFO7GL6MBU6C4BGFO3P6L77DIBBF3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FY4M4RMIG2POKC6OOFQODGKPRYXHET2F/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HR6QUYGML735EI3HEEHYRDW7EG73BUH2/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-09
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3952-1/ Third Party Advisory
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