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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-1073

The web console login form in ovirt-engine before version 4.2.3 returned different errors for non-existent users and invalid passwords, allowing an attacker to discover the names of valid user accounts.

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CVE-2018-1073
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1 Nov 2026, 07:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-1073

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jun 2018, 12:29 UTC

The web console login form in ovirt-engine before version 4.2.3 returned different errors for non-existent users and invalid passwords, allowing an attacker to discover the names of valid user accounts.

osv:CVE-2018-1073
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1073",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-1073",
    "summary": "The web console login form in ovirt-engine before version 4.2.3 returned different errors for non-existent users and invalid passwords, allowing an attacker to discover the names of valid user accounts.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-1073",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "66460af26a6f22b20621119353916bc4c1beb4b6"
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              ],
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          ],
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            "ovirt-engine-4.2.2.4",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.2.3",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.2.2",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.2.1",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.2",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.1.4",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.1.3",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.1.2",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.1.1",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.1",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.0.2",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.0.1",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.0",
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            "ovirt-engine-4.2.0_beta1",
            "ovirt-engine-4.2.0_test1",
            "ovirt-engine-4.1.0_beta1",
            "ovirt-engine-4.0.0_beta1",
            "ovirt-engine-4.0.0_alpha1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_beta1.1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_beta1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_qa4",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_alpha3",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_qa3",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_alpha2",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_qa2",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_alpha1.2",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_alpha1.1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_alpha1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.6.0_qa1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.5.0_beta1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.5.0_alpha2",
            "ovirt-engine-3.5.0_alpha1.1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.5.0_alpha1",
            "list",
            "ovirt-engine-3.3_beta1",
            "ovirt-engine-3.3-beta1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1073.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:57.410048261Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1525",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1073"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:virtualization",
            "extracted_events": [
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                    "introduced": "4.0"
                  },
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              }
            ]
          },
          {
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2018-1073",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438842,
  "published_at": "2018-06-19T12:29:00.28+00:00"
}