High severity · published Aug 21, 2018
CVE-2018-15598
Containous Traefik 1.6.x before 1.6.6, when --api is used, exposes the configuration and secret if authentication is missing and the API's port is publicly reachable
7.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Containous Traefik 1.6.x before 1.6.6, when --api is used, exposes the configuration and secret if authentication is missing and the API's port is publicly reachable.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TR
Traefik · Traefik
1.6.0 before 1.6.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15598
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15598
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790/commits/113250ce5735d554c502ca16fb03bb9119ca79f1
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790/commits/368bd170913078732bde58160f92f202f370278b
Release Notes
https://github.com/containous/traefik/releases/tag/v1.6.6
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