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CVE-2018-8096

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 48.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Datalust Seq before 4.2.605 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass (with the attacker obtaining admin access) via '"Name":"isauthenticationenabled","Value":false' in an api/settings/setting-isauthenticationenabled PUT request.

Affected products

• Datalust Seq: before 4.2.605 — fixed in 4.2.605

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Datalust Seq 4.2.605. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/datalust/seq-tickets/issues/675
• https://medium.com/stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45136/
• https://github.com/datalust/seq-tickets/issues/675
• https://medium.com/stolabs/bypass-admin-authentication-on-seq-17f0f9e02732
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45136/

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