Is CVE-2018-16158 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16158 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16158?

CVE-2018-16158 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16158?

CVE-2018-16158 has an EPSS score of 34.93% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16158?

Upgrade power xpert meter 4000 firmware to 13.4.0.10 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16158

CRITICALEPSS 98th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000, 6000, and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins (to uid 0) via the PubkeyAuthentication option.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

power xpert meter 4000 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 13.4.0.10Fixed in:13.4.0.10CVE-2018-16158derived from NVD

power xpert meter 6000 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 13.4.0.10Fixed in:13.4.0.10CVE-2018-16158derived from NVD

power xpert meter 8000 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 13.4.0.10Fixed in:13.4.0.10CVE-2018-16158derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

34.93%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Vendor Advisory1

eaton.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-798 (Hard-coded Credentials) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-26138	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-3272	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-30406	Critical	9.0	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-28987	Critical	9.1	93%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-15976	Critical	9.8	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20439	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.