{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6959 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-6959 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware vRealize Automation, published on 13 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-6959 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-6959 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware vRealize Automation, published on 13 Apr 2018. 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-2018-6959 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: VMware vRealize Automation. 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-2018-6959/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6959/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-6959","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6959/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-6959","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-rg5g-5cq4-g4m7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware vRealize Automation","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can hijack valid user sessions in VMware vRealize Automation due to improper session ID handling, leading to account takeover.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"vrealize_automation","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-384","name":"Session Fixation"}],"description":"VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) prior to 7.4.0 contains a vulnerability in the handling of session IDs. Exploitation of this issue may lead to the hijacking of a valid vRA user's session.","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 vRealize Automation","id":"CVE-2018-6959","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Auth bypass in Horizon DaaS","id":"CVE-2018-6960"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in vRealize Automation","id":"CVE-2018-6958"},"products":["vRealize Automation"],"published":"2018-04-13","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Deserialization in vRealize Automation","id":"CVE-2017-4947","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-01-29"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vRealize Automation 7.0.x before 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.","id":"CVE-2016-5336","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-08-31"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"XML external entity in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7460","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"XML external entity in VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vRealize Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation","id":"CVE-2023-20855","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-21"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Open redirect in VMware vRealize Orchestrator","id":"CVE-2021-22036","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-10-13"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in vRealize Automation","id":"CVE-2018-6958","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-04-13"}],"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":"2024-09-16","vendors":["VMware"]},"summary":"Attackers can hijack valid user sessions in VMware vRealize Automation due to improper session ID handling, leading to account takeover.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6959/"}