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CVE-2018-12472· NVD / CVE Program· CNA microfocus

Authentication bypass in sibling check

A improper authentication using the HOST header in SUSE Linux SMT allows remote attackers to spoof a sibling server. Affected releases are SUSE Linux SMT: versions prior to 3.0.37.

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 4, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.5% · 74th percentile
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Action score

36

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.5%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.1
CNA · microfocus
7.3
1.8 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
susesubscription management tool

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • suse subscription management toolbefore 3.0.37

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microfocus). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • SUSE Linux SMT

    • unspecified and later · before 3.0.37affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12perl-File-Touchbefore 0.11-3.2.20.11-3.2.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1yast2-smtbefore 3.0.14-10.6.23.0.14-10.6.2
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7smtbefore 3.0.37-52.23.63.0.37-52.23.6
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7smtbefore 3.0.38-52.26.13.0.38-52.26.1
SUSE:Subscription Management Tool 11 SP3smtbefore 2.0.34-50.8.12.0.34-50.8.1

Same product

suse: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    40Plan
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    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
suse:perl-File-Touch0.11-3.2.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:smt3.0.37-52.23.6 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7Package registry (OSV)
suse:yast2-smt3.0.14-10.6.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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