CVE-2018-16153

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-522

Description

An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.

Affected products

opencast: from 4.0 before 10.6 — fixed in 10.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: opencast 10.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.opencast.org/r/10.x/admin/#changelog
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9
https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51
https://www.apereo.org/projects/opencast/news
https://docs.opencast.org/r/10.x/admin/#changelog
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9
https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51
https://www.apereo.org/projects/opencast/news

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