{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16496 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-16496 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Versa Director, published on 26 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-16496 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-16496 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Versa Director, published on 26 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16496 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Versa Director. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16496/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-16496","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16496/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-16496","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7hjq-w7jv-vgv5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Versa Director","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass authentication in Versa Director, gaining unauthorized access to the system.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"hackerone","cpe":[{"product":"versa_director","vendor":"versa-networks"}],"cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-287","name":"Improper Authentication"}],"description":"In Versa Director, the un-authentication request found.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in Versa Director","id":"CVE-2018-16496","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Versa Analytics","id":"CVE-2018-16497"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Auth bypass in Versa VOS","id":"CVE-2018-16495"},"products":["Versa Director"],"published":"2021-05-26","related":[{"cvss_score":6.6,"headline":"Versa Director Dangerous File Type Upload","id":"CVE-2024-39717","kev_date_added":"2024-08-23","published":"2024-08-22"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Director","id":"CVE-2024-42450","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-11-19"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Director","id":"CVE-2025-24288","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Command injection in Versa Director","id":"CVE-2019-25029","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-26"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in Director","id":"CVE-2025-23173","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-18"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"File upload in Director","id":"CVE-2025-23171","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-18"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"Server-side request forgery in Director","id":"CVE-2025-23172","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass authentication in Versa Director, gaining unauthorized access to the system.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16496/"}