CVE-2018-3149

HIGHNVD 8.38.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 8.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.3
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 7%CVSS: 8.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JNDI). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u201, 7u191, 8u182 and 11; Java SE Embedded: 8u181; JRockit: R28.3.19. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g. code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g. through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS v3
8.3
EG Score
8.3(medium)
EPSS
93.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 17, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (54)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-3149(16)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(17)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-7-tests (7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.3) @ trusty2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-8-source (8u181-b13-1ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatjava-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el6_102018-12-18redhat
redhatjava-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el6_102018-12-05redhat
redhatjava-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el72018-11-26redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el72018-11-09redhat
redhatjava-11-openjdk-1:11.0.1.13-3.el7_62018-11-07redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.201-2.6.16.0.el6_102018-10-30redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.201-2.6.16.1.el7_62018-10-30redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.201-1jpp.1.el62018-10-24redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.191-1jpp.1.el62018-10-24redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el72018-10-24redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.201-1jpp.1.el72018-10-24redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.191-1jpp.1.el72018-10-24redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el62018-10-24redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.191.b12-0.el7_52018-10-17redhat
redhatjava-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.191.b12-0.el6_102018-10-17redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-3149?
CVE-2018-3149 is a high vulnerability published on October 17, 2018. Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JNDI). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u201, 7u191, 8u182 and 11; Java SE Embedded: 8u181; JRockit: R28.3.19. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with…
When was CVE-2018-3149 disclosed?
CVE-2018-3149 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 17, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-3149 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-3149 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 93.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-3149?
CVE-2018-3149 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-3149?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-3149, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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