CVE-2018-16497

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-05-26 · updated 2026-08-31
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server. If the job is run as the user root, there is a potential privilege escalation vulnerability. In this case, the job runs a script as root that is writable by users who are members of the versa group.

Affected products

Versa Analytics: before 16.1R2S11; from 20.2.0 before 20.2.2; from 21.1.0 before 21.1.1; from 21.2.0 before 21.2.1 — fixed in 16.1R2S11, 20.2.2, 21.1.1, 21.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Versa Analytics 16.1R2S11, 20.2.2, 21.1.1, 21.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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