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CVE-2018-20226

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An organization administrator can add a super administrator in THEHIVE PROJECT Cortex before 2.1.3 due to the lack of overriding the Role.toString method.

Affected products

• TheHive-Project Cortex: before 2.1.3 — fixed in 2.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TheHive-Project Cortex 2.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/TheHive-Project/Cortex/blob/2.1.3/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/TheHive-Project/Cortex/commit/1aaf2182a6b722ad539e2717bc11967d1bde723a
• https://github.com/TheHive-Project/Cortex/issues/158
• https://github.com/TheHive-Project/Cortex/blob/2.1.3/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/TheHive-Project/Cortex/commit/1aaf2182a6b722ad539e2717bc11967d1bde723a
• https://github.com/TheHive-Project/Cortex/issues/158

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