High
Security advisory
Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 fixes a local user code injection in the meta rule syntax.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11781
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 fixes a local user code injection in the meta rule syntax.
osv:CVE-2018-11781
Complete source record
{
"id": "3b27dc5b6afbccf4c2c2c704d235bb68f52f1e1a17b1d284d1cccfe05837236c",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11781",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2018-11781",
"summary": "Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 fixes a local user code injection in the meta rule syntax.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-11781",
"products": [],
"severity": "high",
"structured": {
"id": "CVE-2018-11781",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-11781"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
}
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"repo": "https://github.com/apache/spamassassin",
"type": "GIT",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "41ec240365da2278f32fed178c4e34b287c70d0e"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"extracted_events": [
{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"range": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.4.2"
}
],
"source": "CPE_RANGE"
}
]
}
}
],
"versions": [
"spamassassin_release_3_4_0"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-11781.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:20.278380789Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2916",
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00016.html",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-07",
"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3811-1/",
"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3811-3/"
],
"provider_metadata": {
"unresolved_ranges": [
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "12.04"
},
{
"last_affected": "12.04"
},
{
"introduced": "14.04"
},
{
"last_affected": "14.04"
},
{
"introduced": "16.04"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
},
{
"introduced": "18.04"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.04"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "8.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "8.0"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop",
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "7.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "7.0"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server",
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "7.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "7.0"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus",
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "7.5"
},
{
"last_affected": "7.5"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation",
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "7.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "7.0"
}
],
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
}
]
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2018-11781",
"evidence": "/id"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 430235,
"published_at": "2018-09-17T14:29:00.577+00:00"
}