PT-2018-14432 · Neo4J · Neo4J Enterprise Database Server

Oschlueter · Published 2018-10-16 · Updated 2019-01-18 · CVE-2018-18389

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Neo4j Enterprise Database Server versions 3.4.x through 3.4.8

Description The issue arises from incorrect access control, allowing an attacker to log into the server by sending any valid username with an arbitrary password when LDAP is set for authentication with STARTTLS and System Account is used for authorization.

Recommendations For Neo4j Enterprise Database Server versions 3.4.x through 3.4.8, update to version 3.4.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-18389

GHSA-H5F5-RJ4R-42F6

Affected Products

Neo4J Enterprise Database Server

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/issues/12047 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18389 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h5f5-rj4r-42f6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18389 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j · Note
• https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/commit/46de5d01ae2741ffe04c36270fc62c6d490f65c9 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5f5-rj4r-42f6 · Note