CVE-2018-12467 — Authorized users of the openbuildservice before 2

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
opensuse	openbuildservice	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-08-01T15:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T18:34:59.508Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/f57b660f49f830006766a8d4ab…
• bugzilla.suse.com — https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1100217