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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-7689

Lack of permission checks in the InitializeDevelPackage function in openSUSE Open Build Service before 2.9.3 allowed authenticated users to modify packages where they do not have write permissions.

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CVE-2018-7689
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1 Nov 2026, 08:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-7689

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jun 2018, 13:29 UTC

Lack of permission checks in the InitializeDevelPackage function in openSUSE Open Build Service before 2.9.3 allowed authenticated users to modify packages where they do not have write permissions.

osv:CVE-2018-7689
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7689",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Lack of permission checks in the InitializeDevelPackage function in openSUSE Open Build Service before 2.9.3 allowed authenticated users to modify packages where they do not have write permissions.",
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