# CVE-2018-11076: Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Information Exposure Vulnerability

> An attacker can intercept management console traffic by exploiting a leaked SSL/TLS private key in the Java client package, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 26 Nov 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r38w-pm6x-hp8r

## What is CVE-2018-11076?

CVE-2018-11076 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Avamar, published on 26 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC Avamar Server versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) 2.0 are affected by an information exposure vulnerability. Avamar Java management console's SSL/TLS private key may be leaked in the Avamar Java management client package. The private key could potentially be used by an unauthenticated attacker on the same data-link layer to initiate a MITM attack on management console users.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11076?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Emc Avamar, Dell Emc Integrated Data Protection Appliance, Vmware Vsphere Data Protection.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11076?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11076 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11076 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11076 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC Avamar

- [CVE-2018-11066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11066/): Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1217/): Missing authorization in Avamar, Integrated Data Protection Appliance (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11077](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11077/): Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2018-11067](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11067/): Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Open Redirection Vulnerability (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11076 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11076 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Avamar, published on 26 Nov 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-2018-11076 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell EMC Avamar. 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-2018-11076/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11076/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11076
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11076
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11076

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