Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-16886 (CCN-155498)

Assigned:2018-09-11
Published:2019-01-14
Updated:2019-10-24
Summary:etcd versions 3.2.x before 3.2.26 and 3.3.x before 3.3.11 are vulnerable to an improper authentication issue when role-based access control (RBAC) is used and client-cert-auth is enabled. If an etcd client server TLS certificate contains a Common Name (CN) which matches a valid RBAC username, a remote attacker may authenticate as that user with any valid (trusted) client certificate in a REST API request to the gRPC-gateway.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.1 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.1 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-287
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-16886

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
106540

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2019:0237

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2019:1352

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16886

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
etcd-cve201816886-sec-bypass(155498)

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes
https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/1eee465a43720d713bb69f7b7f5e120135fdb1ac/CHANGELOG-3.2.md#security-authentication

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes
https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/1eee465a43720d713bb69f7b7f5e120135fdb1ac/CHANGELOG-3.3.md#security-authentication

Source: CCN
Type: etcd GIT Repository
disable CommonName auth for gRPC-gateway #10366

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2019-219b0b0b6a

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2019-833466697f

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:43:58 +1100
CVE-2018-16886 etcd: Improper Authentication in auth/store.go:AuthInfoFromTLS() via gRPC-gateway

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6599703 (Db2 On Openshift)
Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Db2 On Openshift and IBM Db2 and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6991619 (Edge Application Manager)
Open Source Dependency Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-16886

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:etcd:etcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3.2.0 and < 3.2.26)
  • OR cpe:/a:etcd:etcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3.3.0 and < 3.3.11)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:etcd:etcd:3.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:etcd:etcd:3.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:ibm:db2_warehouse:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:ibm:db2_warehouse:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:ibm:db2:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:ibm:db2:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112199
    P
    etcd-3.4.16-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105730
    P
    etcd-3.4.16-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201816886000
    V
    CVE-2018-16886 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2019-01-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018168860000000
    V
    CVE-2018-16886 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2019-01-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201816886000
    V
    CVE-2018-16886 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2019-01-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018168860000000
    V
    CVE-2018-16886 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2019-01-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201816886000
    V
    CVE-2018-16886 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2019-01-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2018168860000000
    V
    CVE-2018-16886 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2019-01-14
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018168860000000
    V
    CVE-2018-16886 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2019-01-14
    BACK
    etcd etcd *
    etcd etcd *
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
    fedoraproject fedora 30
    etcd etcd 3.3.10
    etcd etcd 3.2.0 -
    ibm db2 warehouse 3.5 -
    ibm db2 warehouse 4.0 -
    ibm db2 3.5 -
    ibm db2 4.0 -