CVE-2018-8292

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in .NET Core when authentication information is inadvertently exposed in a redirect, aka ".NET Core Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects .NET Core 2.1, .NET Core 1.0, .NET Core 1.1, PowerShell Core 6.0.

Published: 2018-10-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-8292 is rated Moderate Risk (63.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.83%, 96th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-8292

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 2026-06-28 15.23% 14.83% -0.40%
2 2026-06-15 8.14% 15.23% +7.09%
3 2026-04-26 — 8.14% —

Full EPSS history (39 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-8292

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-2018-8292

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-8292

GHSA-7jgj-8wvc-jh57 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: nuget — .NET Core Information Disclosure

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-8292

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8292
suse medium CVE-2018-8292 severity moderate: SUSE including 18 source package names (bytefx-data-mysql, mono-core, …), 30 product×package rows across 6 product lines (SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for Teradata, … (6 product lines)): Known Not Affected 30. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8292/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-8292 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mono), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8292

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-8292

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft asp.net_core 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft asp.net_core 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft asp.net_core 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net_core:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powershell_core 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell_core:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-8292

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