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CVE-2018-19608
medium
CVSS 4.7
Privilege Escalation in arm (CVE-2018-19608)
Summary
vulnerability in arm (CVE-2018-19608). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2018-19608** has been found in arm.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 4.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "arm CVE-2018-19608" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2018-19608 (arm) — CWE-269 / CVSS v3 4.7
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-269) exists in arm.
📍 Affected scope
arm — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.7/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'arm' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'arm' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `arm` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- web https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.1-2.7.8-and-2.1.17-released
- web https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2018-03
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19608
- web http://cat.eyalro.net
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqf5-9m3g-rhvm