CVE-2018-10868

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

redhat-certification 7 does not properly restrict the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents, allowing an unauthenticated user to run a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of an host.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400 CWE-776

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	redhat-certification	redhat-certification 7

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10868Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593776Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10868Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593776Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 26, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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