CVE-2018-18264

Q: How do I fix CVE-2018-18264?

Upgrade dashboard to 1.10.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2018-18264 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-18264 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 56.1% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-18264?

CVE-2018-18264 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2018-18264 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for dashboard (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Kubernetes Dashboard before 1.10.1 allows attackers to bypass authentication and use Dashboard's Service Account for reading secrets within the cluster.

CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function

How to fix

Remediation Available

dashboardNVD

Affected:< 1.10.1Fixed in:1.10.1CVE-2018-18264derived 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

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

56.05%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

sysdig.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

groups.google.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-10271	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-42793	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-1388	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-37415	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-21839	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2018-18264?

Upgrade dashboard to 1.10.1 or later.

Is CVE-2018-18264 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-18264 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 56.1% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2018-18264?

CVE-2018-18264 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2018-18264 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for dashboard (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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.