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TI-2018-14215 Aliases CVE-2018-20052GHSA-7gmc-347m-8mwf

An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices.

Priority LOW 34CWE-1188Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
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 on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The user running the main CCE firmware has NOPASSWD sudo privileges to several utilities that could be used to escalate privileges to root. One example is the "sudo ln -s /tmp/script /etc/cron.hourly/script" command.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00378 32nd 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:o:cerner:connectivity_engine_4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 201812VulnerableCerner
cpe:2.3:h:cerner:connectivity_engine_4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCerner
  • cpe:2.3:o:cerner:connectivity_engine_4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 201812 Vulnerable ·Cerner
  • cpe:2.3:h:cerner:connectivity_engine_4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cerner

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20052
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7gmc-347m-8mwf

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-14216 An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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