CVE-2018-6979

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The VMware Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management Console (A/W Console) 9.7.x prior to 9.7.0.3, 9.6.x prior to 9.6.0.7, 9.5.x prior to 9.5.0.16, 9.4.x prior to 9.4.0.22, 9.3.x prior to 9.3.0.25, 9.2.x prior to 9.2.3.27, and 9.1.x prior to 9.1.5.6 contains a SAML authentication bypass vulnerability which can be leveraged during device enrollment. This vulnerability may allow for a malicious actor to impersonate an authorized SAML session if certificate-based authentication is enabled. This vulnerability is also relevant if certificate-based authentication is not enabled, but the outcome of exploitation is limited to an information disclosure (Important Severity) in those cases.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.4/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 5, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-6979: High severity, CVSS 7.4 | Vulnix