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TI-2018-10278 Aliases CVE-2018-14335GHSA-wm64-883p-84j3

An issue was discovered in H2 1.4.197.

Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-276Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 14 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-59 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in H2 1.4.197. Insecure handling of permissions in the backup function allows attackers to read sensitive files (outside of their permissions) via a symlink to a fake database file.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.13224 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 14 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:h2database:h2:1.4.197:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.197Vulnerableh2database
  • cpe:2.3:a:h2database:h2:1.4.197:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.197 Vulnerable ·h2database

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:0727 Released 2020-03-05 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.3 security update
    • Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.3Fixed RHSA-2020:0727
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-14335
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wm64-883p-84j3

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2022-07362 H2 Console before 2.1.210 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-18806 Deserialization of untrusted data in h2database h2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-22667 The web-based admin console in H2 Database Engine before 2.2.220 can be started via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2018-07125 H2 1.4.197, as used in Datomic before 0.9.5697 and other products, allows remote code… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-06145 XML external entity (XXE) injection in com.h2database:h2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1

Sources

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