TI-2018-09017 Aliases CVE-2018-12562 GHSA-fcgh-v75r-28pj

An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1.

MEDIUM 45CWE-20Published 2018-06-19 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. The wrapper script 'mount.cifs.wrapper' uses the shell to forward the arguments to the actual mount.cifs binary. The shell evaluates wildcards (such as in an injected string:/home/../tmp/* string).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01661 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cantata_project:cantata::::::::	up to 2.3.1	Vulnerable	Cantata Project

cpe:2.3:a:cantata_project:cantata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.3.1 Vulnerable ·Cantata Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12562
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fcgh-v75r-28pj

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata/commit/afc4f8315d3e96574925fb530a7004cc9e6ce3d3

Other 1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/18/1

TI-2018-09014 An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2018-09016 An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2018-09015 An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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