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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-16153

An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.

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CVE-2018-16153
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31 Oct 2026, 10:17 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-16153

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Dec 2023, 17:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.

osv:CVE-2018-16153
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16153",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-16153",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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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:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                {
                  "fixed": "5178b6bdabd5e63d727bbf10fca8dc0dfbdebb35"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                      },
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                      }
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                  }
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            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:03.154441477Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.opencast.org/r/10.x/admin/#changelog",
        "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9",
        "https://www.apereo.org/projects/opencast/news",
        "https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2018-16153",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381195,
  "published_at": "2023-12-12T17:15:07.517+00:00"
}