CVE-2018-15727

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-02-15. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Weaponized

Also known asEUVD-2022-1171 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m (GitHub Security Advisories) · GO-2022-0707 (OSV.dev)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 63%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, other public proof-of-concept code)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 63%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Metasploit · other public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Grafana 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.6.4 and 5.x before 5.2.3 allows authentication bypass because an attacker can generate a valid "remember me" cookie knowing only a username of an LDAP or OAuth user.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
70
EG Risk 70/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation65% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 2 (Weaponized): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
63%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
63% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-11). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 29, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Oct 6, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0019
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3829
Web page

CVE-2018-15727 - PSIRT.COM

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105184

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatgrafana-0:5.2.4-1.el7cp2019-01-03redhat
redhattendrl-ui-0:1.6.3-14.el7rhgs2018-12-17redhat
gogithub.com/grafana/grafana @ 4.6.4 (fixes < 4.6.4)—ghsa
gogithub.com/grafana/grafana @ 5.2.3 (fixes >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.3)—ghsa

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.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
github.com/grafana/grafana—
  • every version up to 4.6.4: fixed in 4.6.4
  • 5.0.0 up to 5.2.3: fixed in 5.2.3
  • every version up to 4.6.4+incompatible: fixed in 4.6.4+incompatible
  • 5.0.0+incompatible up to 5.2.3+incompatible: fixed in 5.2.3+incompatible
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 68× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 217 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 117 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-12 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 63% · 99th percentile
  2. 2026-11-12 15:24 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  3. 2026-11-12 15:24 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-12 15:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-11-11 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 63% · 99th percentile
  6. 2026-11-11 15:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-11-11 15:06 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-11-11 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-11-10 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 63% · 99th percentile
  10. 2026-11-10 14:48 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-10 14:48 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-11-10 14:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-11-09 14:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  14. 2026-11-09 14:30 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-11-09 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-11-08 14:11 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  17. 2026-11-08 14:11 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-11-08 14:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-11-07 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 63% · 99th percentile
  20. 2026-11-07 13:49 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  21. 2026-11-07 13:49 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-11-07 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-11-06 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 63% · 99th percentile
  24. 2026-11-06 13:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  25. 2026-11-06 13:31 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-11-06 13:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-11-05 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 63% · 99th percentile
  3. 2026-11-05 13:13 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  4. 2026-11-05 13:13 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-11-05 13:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  6. 2026-11-04 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 63% · 99th percentile
  7. 2026-11-04 12:54 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  8. 2026-11-04 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-11-04 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-11-03 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 63% · 99th percentile
  11. 2026-11-03 12:35 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  12. 2026-11-03 12:35 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-11-03 12:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-11-02 20:55 UTCOSV refresh
  15. 2026-11-02 12:17 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-11-02 12:17 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-11-02 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-11-01 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  19. 2026-11-01 11:59 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-11-01 11:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-11-01 08:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-11-01 08:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  24. 2026-10-31 11:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  25. 2026-10-31 11:41 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  27. 2026-10-30 11:22 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  28. 2026-10-30 11:22 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-29 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  30. 2026-10-29 11:04 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  31. 2026-10-29 11:04 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-28 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  33. 2026-10-28 10:36 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  34. 2026-10-28 10:36 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-27 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  36. 2026-10-27 09:26 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  37. 2026-10-27 09:26 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-26 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  39. 2026-10-26 09:00 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-10-25 19:23 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  41. 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  42. 2026-10-25 08:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  43. 2026-10-25 08:43 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-24 08:24 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  45. 2026-10-24 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  47. 2026-10-23 08:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  48. 2026-10-23 08:06 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  50. 2026-10-22 07:45 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  51. 2026-10-22 07:45 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  53. 2026-10-21 07:24 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  54. 2026-10-21 07:24 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-20 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  56. 2026-10-20 07:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  57. 2026-10-20 07:06 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-10-19 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  59. 2026-10-19 06:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  60. 2026-10-19 06:43 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-10-18 06:23 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  62. 2026-10-18 06:23 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-10-17 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  64. 2026-10-17 06:02 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  65. 2026-10-17 06:02 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-10-16 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  67. 2026-10-16 05:42 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  68. 2026-10-16 05:42 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  70. 2026-10-15 04:10 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  71. 2026-10-15 04:10 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-10-14 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile
  73. 2026-10-14 00:11 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  74. 2026-10-14 00:11 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-10-13 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 64% · 99th percentile

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Metasploitauxiliary/admin/http/grafana_auth_bypass✓ verified
    Published Apr 20, 2020

    Grafana 2.0 through 5.2.2 authentication bypass for LDAP and OAuth

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCu238/grafana-CVE-2018-15727
    Published Aug 29, 2018

    a small utility to generate a cookie in order to exploit a grafana vulnerability (CVE-2018-15727)

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-15727?
CVE-2018-15727 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 29, 2018. Grafana 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.6.4 and 5.x before 5.2.3 allows authentication bypass because an attacker can generate a valid "remember me" cookie knowing only a username of an LDAP or OAuth user.
When was CVE-2018-15727 made public?
CVE-2018-15727 was made public on August 29, 2018: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on August 29, 2018. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2018-15727 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-15727 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EchelonGraph's EG-KEV model places it in Tier 2 (Weaponized), which is not evidence of exploitation: a Metasploit module exists for it. EchelonGraph does not test whether exploit code works. FIRST EPSS estimates a 63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-15727?
CVE-2018-15727 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-15727?
A fix for CVE-2018-15727 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2018-15727 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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