CVE-2018-18778

HIGHNVD 6.58.4▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 8.4 because EPSS predicts 71% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 6.5 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction ≥85%
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 71%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 71%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

ACME mini_httpd before 1.30 lets remote users read arbitrary files.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
8.4HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
71
EG Risk 71/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity84% × 45%
Exploitation71% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
71%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

October 29, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (2)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntumini-httpd (1.19-9.3ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ trusty2026-05-28ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(19 across 19 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini_httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-r0: fixed in 1.30-r0
—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini-httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-0.1: fixed in 1.30-0.1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini-httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-0.1: fixed in 1.30-0.1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini-httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-0.1: fixed in 1.30-0.1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
mini-httpd—
  • every version up to 1.30-0.1: fixed in 1.30-0.1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 2× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-03 14:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-30 09:57 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.10
  3. 2026-09-28 17:42 UTCOSV refresh
  4. 2026-09-26 15:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-24 13:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-24 13:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-20 20:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-18 19:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-09-16 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-15 03:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-12 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-11 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-11 09:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-08 22:12 UTCOSV refresh
  16. 2026-09-06 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-05 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-04 05:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-02 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-01 03:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-28 21:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-26 14:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-25 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-22 07:07 UTCOSV refresh
  25. 2026-08-21 23:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-19 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-16 02:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-15 01:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-13 21:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-12 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-09 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-08 16:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-07 16:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-06 10:15 UTCOSV refresh
  10. 2026-08-05 19:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-02 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-30 16:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-28 15:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-25 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-24 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-24 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-23 01:34 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.00
  18. 2026-07-22 22:14 UTCEG score recompute▼ 2.50
  19. 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-21 03:41 UTCOSV refresh
  22. 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-19 14:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-15 16:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-15 16:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-07-13 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-07-11 08:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-07-09 19:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-05 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-07-03 22:56 UTCOSV refresh
  32. 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-27 03:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-27 03:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-06-15 17:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-15 10:43 UTCOSV refresh
  49. 2026-06-14 23:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-14 23:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-02 20:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-06-02 20:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-05-28 01:36 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-05-28 01:36 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-05-28 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2018/CVE-2018-18778.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2018

    ACME mini_httpd <1.30 - Local File Inclusion

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-18778?
CVE-2018-18778 is a high vulnerability published on October 29, 2018. ACME mini_httpd before 1.30 lets remote users read arbitrary files.
When was CVE-2018-18778 disclosed?
CVE-2018-18778 was first published on October 29, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-18778 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-18778 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-18778?
CVE-2018-18778 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 8.4 (HIGH).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-18778?
A fix for CVE-2018-18778 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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