CVE-2018-1340
mediumpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Prior to 1.0.0, Apache Guacamole used a cookie for client-side storage of the user's session token. This cookie lacked the "secure" flag, which could allow an attacker eavesdropping on the network to intercept the user's session token if unencrypted HTTP requests are made to the same domain.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.apache.guacamole:guacamole-common< 1.0.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.guacamole/guacamole-common
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-wr7r-vg3c-54r5Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data in Apache Guacamole2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
Prior to 1.0.0, Apache Guacamole used a cookie for client-side storage of the user's session token. This cookie lacked the "secure" flag, which could allow an attacker eavesdropping on the network to intercept the user's session token if unencrypted HTTP requests are made to the same domain.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/43902cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106768cnnvd
- https://guacamole.apache.org/security/Patchcnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/af1632e13dd9acf7537546660cae9143cbb10fdd2f9bb0832a690979@%3Cannounce.guacamole.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1340cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Apache-Guacamole-information-disclosure-via-Insecure-Cookie-28734cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106768cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106768enisa_euvd
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