# CVE-2018-10937: Cross-site scripting in Openshift Container Platform

> An attacker with pod creation rights can execute scripts in the console to perform actions on the Kubernetes API as the victim.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7874-f8pp-9q35

## What is CVE-2018-10937?

CVE-2018-10937 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 11 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A cross site scripting flaw exists in the tetonic-console component of Openshift Container Platform 3.11. An attacker with the ability to create pods can use this flaw to perform actions on the K8s API as the victim.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10937?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-10937?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10937 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-10937 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10937 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform

- [CVE-2020-27836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27836/): Missing authorization in cluster-ingress-operator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1085/): Misconfiguration in openshift-ansible (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-54099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-54099/): Privilege escalation in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-1784](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1784/): Ose-cluster-ingress-operator: remote code execution through haproxy configuration injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-20182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20182/): Privilege escalation in openshift (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-10937 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-10937 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 11 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10937 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openshift Container Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10937/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10937/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10937
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10937
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10937

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10937/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.