# CVE-2018-11050: Information disclosure in Networker

> An attacker can sniff unencrypted user credentials sent over the network to access the Dell EMC NetWorker AMQP component.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m47g-cvwq-8hqm

## What is CVE-2018-11050?

CVE-2018-11050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Networker, published on 1 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC NetWorker versions between 9.0 and 9.1.1.8 through 9.2.1.3, and the version 18.1.0.1 contain a Clear-Text authentication over network vulnerability in the Rabbit MQ Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) component. User credentials are sent unencrypted to the remote AMQP service. An unauthenticated attacker in the same network collision domain, could potentially sniff the password from the network and use it to access the component using the privileges of the compromised user.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11050?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Emc Networker.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11050?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11050 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11050 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11050 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC Networker

- [CVE-2017-8023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8023/): EMC Networker Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-21558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21558/): Information disclosure in NetWorker (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-21546](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21546/): Information disclosure in NetWorker (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-24567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24567/): Information disclosure in Dell NetWorker, NVE (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-25544](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25544/): Information disclosure in Dell NetWorker, NVE (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11050 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Networker, published on 1 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11050 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell EMC Networker. 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-2018-11050/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11050/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11050
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11050
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11050

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