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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-1000872

OpenKMIP PyKMIP version All versions before 0.8.0 contains a CWE 399: Resource Management Errors (similar issue to CVE-2015-5262) vulnerability in PyKMIP server that can result in DOS: the server can be made unavailable by one or more clients opening all of the available sockets. This attack appear to be exploitable via A client or clients open sockets with the server and then never close them. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.8.0.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-1000872

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Dec 2018, 17:29 UTC

OpenKMIP PyKMIP version All versions before 0.8.0 contains a CWE 399: Resource Management Errors (similar issue to CVE-2015-5262) vulnerability in PyKMIP server that can result in DOS: the server can be made unavailable by one or more clients opening all of the available sockets. This attack appear to be exploitable via A client or clients open sockets with the server and then never close them. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.8.0.

osv:CVE-2018-1000872
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000872",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-1000872",
    "summary": "OpenKMIP PyKMIP version All versions before 0.8.0 contains a CWE 399: Resource Management Errors (similar issue to CVE-2015-5262) vulnerability in PyKMIP server that can result in DOS: the server can be made unavailable by one or more clients opening all of the available sockets. This attack appear to be exploitable via A client or clients open sockets with the server and then never close them. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.8.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-1000872",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "PYSEC-2018-22"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:40.851086119Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/OpenKMIP/PyKMIP/issues/430"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380678,
  "published_at": "2018-12-20T17:29:00.877+00:00"
}