CVE-2018-18249 — Icinga Web 2 before 2.6.2 allows injection of PHP ini-file directives via vectors involving environment variables as the channel to send information to the attacker, such as a name=${PATH}_${APACHE_RUN_DIR}_${APACHE_RUN_USER} parameter to /icingaweb2/navigation/add or /icingaweb2/dashboard/new-dashlet

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CRITICAL

Icinga Web 2 before 2.6.2 allows injection of PHP ini-file directives via vectors involving environment variables as the channel to send information to the attacker, such as a name=${PATH}_${APACHE_RUN_DIR}_${APACHE_RUN_USER} parameter to /icingaweb2/navigation/add or /icingaweb2/dashboard/new-dashlet

Published Dec 17, 2018

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.49%

Description

Icinga Web 2 before 2.6.2 allows injection of PHP ini-file directives via vectors involving environment variables as the channel to send information to the attacker, such as a name=${PATH}_${APACHE_RUN_DIR}_${APACHE_RUN_USER} parameter to /icingaweb2/navigation/add or /icingaweb2/dashboard/new-dashlet.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.49% 0.01489

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01489

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.49% (0.01489)	73.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.49% (0.01489)	72.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.44% (0.00444)	75.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.44% (0.00444)	74.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.44% (0.00444)	70.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.66% (0.00663)	18.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.66% (0.00663)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (2)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00031.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180030.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00031.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://herolab.usd.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/usd20180030.txt		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 17, 2018

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Oct 11, 2018

Link CVE-2018-18249

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-18249

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-18249