Is CVE-2018-11049 being actively exploited?

CVE-2018-11049 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-11049?

CVE-2018-11049 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2018-11049

HIGH · CVSS 7.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle, RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance, and RSA IMG releases have an uncontrolled search vulnerability. The installation scripts set an environment variable in an unintended manner. A local authenticated malicious user could trick the root user to run malicious code on the targeted system.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.3 (v3.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-427
EPSS score: 0.4% (37th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2018-3093)
Published: July 11, 2018
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-3093 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

emc / rsa identity governance and lifecycle
emc / rsa identity management and governance
emc / rsa identity management and governance
rsa / rsa via lifecycle and governance

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle v7.0 - RSA Security LLC - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10769-2017 - archived

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/23(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104722(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041228(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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