CVE-2018-21020 — In very rare cases, a PHP type juggling vulnerability in centreonAuth

In very rare cases, a PHP type juggling vulnerability in centreonAuth.class.php in Centreon Web before 2.8.27 allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms in place.

01What is this vulnerability?

In very rare cases, a PHP type juggling vulnerability in centreonAuth.class.php in Centreon Web before 2.8.27 allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms in place.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-10-08T12:08:47.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T12:19:27.264Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/centreon/centreon/pull/7084
• www.openwall.com — https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/08/1
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/2