CVE-2018-16497

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in versa-networks versa analytics. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server. If the job is run as the user root, there is a potential privilege escalation vulnerability. In this case, the job runs a script as root that is writable by users who are members of the versa group.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2021-05-26
Modified: 2026-08-31
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

versa-networks:versa_analytics

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194
https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194

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