{"cve":"CVE-2018-0362","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-21T11:29:00.977","modified":"2026-06-17T01:30:35.110","status":"Modified","description":"A vulnerability in BIOS authentication management of Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System and Cisco Unified Computing (UCS) E-Series Servers could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to bypass the BIOS authentication and execute actions as an unprivileged user. The vulnerability is due to improper security restrictions that are imposed by the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting an empty password value to an affected device's BIOS authentication prompt. An exploit could allow the attacker to have access to a restricted set of user-level BIOS commands. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh83260.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","score":4.3},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041173","https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180620-encs-ucs-bios-auth-bypass","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041173","https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180620-encs-ucs-bios-auth-bypass"],"products":["cisco:5100_enterprise_network_compute_system_firmware","cisco:5400_enterprise_network_compute_system_firmware","cisco:ucs-e1120d-k9_firmware","cisco:ucs-e1120d-m3_firmware","cisco:ucs-e140d-k9_firmware","cisco:ucs-e140d-m1_firmware","cisco:ucs-e140dp-k9_firmware","cisco:ucs-e140dp-m1_firmware","cisco:ucs-e140s-k9_firmware","cisco:ucs-e140s-m1_firmware","cisco:ucs-e140s-m2_firmware","cisco:ucs-e160d-k9_firmware","cisco:ucs-e160d-m1_firmware","cisco:ucs-e160d-m2_firmware","cisco:ucs-e160dp-k9_firmware","cisco:ucs-e160dp-m1_firmware","cisco:ucs-e160s-k9_firmware","cisco:ucs-e160s-m3_firmware","cisco:ucs-e180d-k9_firmware","cisco:ucs-e180d-m2_firmware","cisco:ucs-e180d-m3_firmware"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:51:47.459859389+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-0362","score":0.0034,"percentile":0.27514,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}