CVE-2018-19045

Exp

keepalived 2.0.8 used mode 0666 when creating new temporary files upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats, potentially leaking sensitive information.

Published: 2018-11-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-19045 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.38%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.93% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-19045

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-19045

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 2026-06-15 0.45% 2.38% +1.93%
2 2025-11-21 0.49% 0.45% -0.04%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-19045

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-19045

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-19045

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2018-19045: 1 source package rows (keepalived); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-19045
debian unimportant CVE-2018-19045 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (keepalived), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19045
gentoo normal CVE-2018-19045: 1 GLSA(s) (201903-01), 1 atom(s) (sys-cluster/keepalived); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-19045
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19045
suse high CVE-2018-19045 severity important: SUSE including 11 source package names (2.0.19.2.2.10:keepalived-2.0.19-3.3.1, keepalived-2.0.10-6.1, …), 13 product×package rows across 13 product lines (Container ses/7.1/ceph/keepalived, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1, … (13 product lines)): Fixed 13. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19045/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-19045 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (keepalived), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 16, ignored 1, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19045

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-19045

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
keepalived keepalived 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:keepalived:keepalived:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-19045

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