CVE-2018-12538

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.65% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

28 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, when using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSessions present in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-384USprimaryCWE-384USCWE-384USCWE-6USCWE-6USCWE-6US

affected products (28)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Jetty9.4.0 → unspecifiedenisa_euvdEU
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Jettyunspecified → 9.4.9enisa_euvdEU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.7.v2017094fstec_bduRU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.6.v20170531fstec_bduRU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.5.v20170502fstec_bduRU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.4.v20170414fstec_bduRU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.3.v20170317fstec_bduRU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.2.v20170220fstec_bduRU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.1.v20170120fstec_bduRU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.0.v20161208fstec_bduRU
Eclipse Foundation Jetty≤ 9.4.8.v20171121fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Retail Xstore Point of Service≤ 15.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Retail Xstore Point of Service≤ 17.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Retail Xstore Point of Service≤ 16.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Retail Xstore Point of Service≤ 7.1fstec_bduRU
eclipse jetty9.4.0 → 9.4.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series santricity management plug-insall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_management_plug-ins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series santricity os controller11.0 → 11.40nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series santricity web services proxyall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_web_services_proxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp element softwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-mwcx-532g-8pq3Access and integrity issue within Eclipse Jetty2018-10-16ghsa · osvUS
In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, when using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSessions present in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-06-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (18)

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