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TI-2018-10159 Aliases CVE-2018-14055GHSA-jwph-8hwh-5w78

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 does not properly validate untrusted lines coming from the network…

Priority LOW 32CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 does not properly validate untrusted lines coming from the network, allowing a non-admin user to escalate his privilege and inject rogue values into znc.conf.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01463 73rd 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:znc:znc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.7.0Vulnerableznc
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:znc:znc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.7.0 Vulnerable ·znc
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-14055
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jwph-8hwh-5w78

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Sources

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