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CVE-2018-19466

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

A vulnerability was found in Portainer before 1.20.0. Portainer stores LDAP credentials, corresponding to a master password, in cleartext and allows their retrieval via API calls.

Affected products

• portainer: before 1.20.0 — fixed in 1.20.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: portainer 1.20.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/MauroEldritch/lempo
• https://github.com/portainer/portainer/pull/2488
• https://github.com/portainer/portainer/releases
• https://github.com/MauroEldritch/lempo
• https://github.com/portainer/portainer/pull/2488
• https://github.com/portainer/portainer/releases

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