CVE-2018-14593 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2018-14593?

CVE-2018-14593 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 6.0.x through 6.0.9, 5.0.x through 5.0.28, and 4.0.x through 4.0.30. An attacker who is logged into OTRS as an agent may escalate their privileges by accessing a specially crafted URL.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14593?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Otrs Open Ticket Request System.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14593?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2018-14593 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14593 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux

• CVE-2015-3306 ProFTPD Improper Access Control Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2025-49113 RoundCube Webmail Deserialization of Untrusted Data Exploited Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-24061 GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-39682 Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-9680 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.8

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14593, DLA-1473-1, GHSA-22wj-vpf8-3m9x, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14593.