CVE-2018-16886: High severity etcd vulnerability

Published Nov 19, 2018
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Updated

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.

Other sources

Etcd, versions 3.2.0 through 3.2.25 and 3.3.0 through 3.3.10, 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's 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.

Introduced in commit: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/0191509637546621d6f2e18e074e955ab8ef374d

Upstream issue: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/10366

Upstream patch: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/bf9d0d8291dc71ecbfb2690612954e1a298154b2 https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/a9a9466fb8ba11ad7bb6a44d7446fbd072d59887 https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/99704e2a97e8710da942bdc737417fc9c9a2c03f https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/83c051b701d33261eef91a719e4421c81b000ba4

Red Hat

Affected Software

11 affected componentsFixes available
go/go.etcd.io/etcd<0.5.0-alpha.5.0.20190108173120-83c051b701d3
0.5.0-alpha.5.0.20190108173120-83c051b701d3
go/go.etcd.io/etcd/v3>=3.3.0<3.3.11
3.3.11
go/go.etcd.io/etcd/v3>=3.2.0<3.2.26
3.2.26
redhat/etcd<3.2.26
3.2.26
redhat/etcd<3.3.11
3.3.11
Etcd Etcd>=3.2.0<3.2.26
Etcd Etcd>=3.3.0<3.3.11
redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=30

Event History

Jan 14, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:00 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Apr 12, 2022
Advisory Published
10:41 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2018-16886?

CVE-2018-16886 is a vulnerability in etcd versions 3.2.x before 3.2.26 and 3.3.x before 3.3.11 that allows improper authentication when role-based access control (RBAC) is used and client-cert-auth is enabled.

2

How severe is CVE-2018-16886?

CVE-2018-16886 has a severity score of 8.1 (High).

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2018-16886?

etcd versions 3.2.x before 3.2.26 and 3.3.x before 3.3.11 are affected by CVE-2018-16886.

4

How can I fix CVE-2018-16886?

To fix CVE-2018-16886, update your etcd installation to version 3.2.26 or 3.3.11 depending on your current version.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2018-16886?

You can find more information about CVE-2018-16886 at the following references: [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16886), [GitHub Pull Request](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/10366), [GitHub Commit](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/0191509637546621d6f2e18e074e955ab8ef374d).

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