CVE-2018-25117

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.39.3
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.3 under the CNA's CVSS (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4% (38th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from the CNA's CVSS
Sources: the CNA's CVSS, EPSS
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated

Also known asEUVD-2018-21604 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • CISA's Vulnrichment rates exploitation as PoC; EchelonGraph holds no exploit-code reference for it
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 9.3Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

VestaCP commit a3f0fa1 (2018-05-31) up to commit ee03eff (2018-06-13) contain embedded malicious code that resulted in a supply-chain compromise. New installations created from the compromised installer since at least May 2018 were subject to installation of Linux/ChachaDDoS, a multi-stage DDoS bot that uses Lua for second- and third-stage components. The compromise leaked administrative credentials (base64-encoded admin password and server domain) to an external URL during installation and/or resulted in the installer dropping and executing a DDoS malware payload under local system privileges. Compromised servers were subsequently observed participating in large-scale DDoS activity. Vesta acknowledged exploitation in the wild in October 2018.

CVSS v3
9.3
EG Score
9.3CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
58
EG Risk 58/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity93% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.3 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
38th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.3): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.3 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.3 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.the CNA's CVSS · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-02). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 15, 2025

Last Modified

June 23, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit.
Web page

VestaCP Debian Installer Malicious Backdoor Supply Chain Compromise | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vestacp-debian-installer-malicious-backdoor-supply-chain-compromise
Web page

GitHub - outroll/vesta: VESTA Control Panel · GitHub

https://github.com/outroll/vesta
Web page

Vesta Control Panel

https://vestacp.com/
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit a3f0fa1501d4 (outroll/vesta)

Patch available: outroll/vesta 0.9.8-24 (contains commit a3f0fa1501d4)

https://github.com/outroll/vesta/commit/a3f0fa1501d424477786e3e7150bb05c0b99518f#diff-df8da0c91e9086454c60cd468849630dR1256
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit ee03eff016e0 (outroll/vesta)

Patch available: outroll/vesta 0.9.8-24 (contains commit ee03eff016e0)

https://github.com/outroll/vesta/commit/ee03eff016e03cb76fac7ae3a0f9d1ef0f8ee35b#diff-df8da0c91e9086454c60cd468849630dL1270

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 74× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 99 of 279 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 180 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 20:03 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-02 20:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  3. 2026-11-02 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
  4. 2026-11-01 19:15 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-11-01 19:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  6. 2026-11-01 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
  7. 2026-10-31 18:27 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-31 18:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  9. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
  10. 2026-10-30 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-30 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  12. 2026-10-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
  13. 2026-10-29 16:38 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-29 16:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  15. 2026-10-29 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
  16. 2026-10-28 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
  17. 2026-10-28 15:51 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-28 15:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  19. 2026-10-27 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
  20. 2026-10-27 15:04 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-27 15:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  22. 2026-10-26 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
  23. 2026-10-26 14:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  24. 2026-10-25 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 38th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-25 12:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-25 12:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  3. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 37th percentile
  4. 2026-10-24 12:07 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-24 12:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  6. 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 37th percentile
  7. 2026-10-23 11:20 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-23 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  9. 2026-10-22 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 37th percentile
  10. 2026-10-22 10:32 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-22 10:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  12. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 37th percentile
  13. 2026-10-21 09:41 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-21 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  15. 2026-10-20 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  16. 2026-10-20 08:54 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-20 08:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  18. 2026-10-19 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  19. 2026-10-19 08:07 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-19 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  21. 2026-10-18 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  22. 2026-10-18 07:16 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-18 07:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  24. 2026-10-17 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  25. 2026-10-17 06:26 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-17 06:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  27. 2026-10-16 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  28. 2026-10-16 05:36 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-16 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  30. 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  31. 2026-10-15 04:05 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-15 04:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  33. 2026-10-14 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  34. 2026-10-14 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-14 00:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  36. 2026-10-13 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  37. 2026-10-12 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-62gj-g63v-87h7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  38. 2026-10-12 20:12 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-10-12 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
  40. 2026-10-12 00:36 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-10-11 13:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
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  43. 2026-10-10 16:55 UTCOSV refresh
  44. 2026-10-09 20:02 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 36th percentile
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  58. 2026-09-21 03:49 UTCOSV refresh
  59. 2026-09-20 20:10 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 37th percentile
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-25117?
CVE-2018-25117 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 15, 2025. VestaCP commit a3f0fa1 (2018-05-31) up to commit ee03eff (2018-06-13) contain embedded malicious code that resulted in a supply-chain compromise. New installations created from the compromised installer since at least May 2018 were subject to installation of Linux/ChachaDDoS, a multi-stage DDoS bot…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2018-25117 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2018-25117 was published on October 15, 2025. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of June 23, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2018-25117 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-25117 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (38th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-25117?
CVE-2018-25117 has a CVSS base score of 9.3 (the CNA's own assessment, by vulncheck; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-25117?
A fix for CVE-2018-25117 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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