CVE-2018-1270 — Code Injection in Debian Debian Linux

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Debian Debian Linux, Oracle Application Testing Suite, Oracle Big Data Discovery…).
2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
3. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
4. EPSS ahead of 100% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
5. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (injection), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-94 · Code Injection

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 77.48%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Look for parameters with command/query metacharacters and unexpected child processes of the service.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Affected products added · spring by pivotal/spring framework
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 9.8
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• 2018
• CVE published
  Apr 6, 2018 · dell

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

16 on the record

• pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1270
  Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.apache.org/thread.html/6d3d34adcf3dfc48e36342aa1f18ce3c20bb8e4c458a97508d5bfed1%
  mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369%
  mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44796/
  Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.apache.org/thread.html/4ed49b103f64a0cecb38064f26cbf1389afc12124653da2d35166dbe%
  mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2
  mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab825fcade0b49becfa30235b3d54f4a51bb74ea96b6c9adb5d1378c%
  mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00022.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.securityfocus.com/bid/103696
  Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• High CVE-2026-83150 Improper Privilege Management in Oracle Application Testing Suite Sep 15, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-83149 Improper Access Control in Oracle Application Testing Suite Sep 15, 2026
• High CVE-2026-83148 Improper Privilege Management in Oracle Application Testing Suite Sep 15, 2026
• Low CVE-2026-59314 Spring Framework response splitting in ContentDisposition Aug 27, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-59313 Server Sent Event stream corruption in Spring MVC functional web framework Aug 27, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-59281 Spring Framework Cross-site Scripting via EscapedErrors Aug 27, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2018-1270 is "Code Injection in Debian Debian Linux", rated Critical. It affects Debian Linux (Debian); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 9.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 77.48% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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