# CVE-2018-15640: Privilege escalation in Odoo Enterprise

> Remote authenticated attackers can obtain elevated privileges in the Odoo Enterprise Helpdesk App via a crafted request due to improper access control.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vhhx-5xpf-622g

## What is CVE-2018-15640?

CVE-2018-15640 is a high-severity vulnerability in Odoo Odoo, published on 9 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper access control in the Helpdesk App of Odoo Enterprise 10.0 through 12.0 allows remote authenticated attackers to obtain elevated privileges via a crafted request.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15640?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Odoo Odoo.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-15640?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-15640 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Odoo Odoo

- [CVE-2020-29396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29396/): Code injection in Odoo Community (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2018-14885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14885/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-10804](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10804/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-14860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14860/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-10805](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10805/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-15640 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-15640 is a high-severity vulnerability in Odoo Odoo, published on 9 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Odoo Odoo. 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-2018-15640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15640/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15640
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15640
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15640

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15640/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.