CVE-2018-6499 — Remote Code Execution in the following products Hybrid Cloud Management Containerized Suite HCM2017.11, HCM2018.02, HCM2018.05, Operations Bridge Containerized Suite 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05, Data Center Automation Containerized Suite 2017.01 until 2018.05, Service Management Automation Suite 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05, Service Virtualization (SV) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7, Unified Functional Testing (UFT) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7, Network Virtualization (NV) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7 and Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05 will allow Remote Code Execution

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CRITICAL

Remote Code Execution in the following products Hybrid Cloud Management Containerized Suite HCM2017.11, HCM2018.02, HCM2018.05, Operations Bridge Containerized Suite 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05, Data Center Automation Containerized Suite 2017.01 until 2018.05, Service Management Automation Suite 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05, Service Virtualization (SV) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7, Unified Functional Testing (UFT) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7, Network Virtualization (NV) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7 and Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05 will allow Remote Code Execution

Published Aug 30, 2018

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.40%

Description

Remote Code Execution in the following products Hybrid Cloud Management Containerized Suite HCM2017.11, HCM2018.02, HCM2018.05, Operations Bridge Containerized Suite 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05, Data Center Automation Containerized Suite 2017.01 until 2018.05, Service Management Automation Suite 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05, Service Virtualization (SV) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7, Unified Functional Testing (UFT) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7, Network Virtualization (NV) with floating licenses using Any version using APLS older than 10.7 and Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05 will allow Remote Code Execution.

Affected products

Vendor Micro Focus Product Data Center Automation Containerized Suite Default
n/a
- Version
  2017.01 until 2018.05
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Micro Focus Product Hybrid Cloud Management Containerized Suite Default
n/a
- Version
  HCM2017.11, HCM2018.02, HCM2018.05
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Micro Focus Product Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF Default
n/a
- Version
  2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Micro Focus Product Network Virtualization (NV) with floating licenses Default
n/a
- Version
  using Any version using APLS older than 10.7
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Micro Focus Product Operations Bridge Containerized Suite Default
n/a
- Version
  2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Micro Focus Product Service Management Automation Suite Default
n/a
- Version
  2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Micro Focus Product Service Virtualization (SV) with floating licenses Default
n/a
- Version
  using Any version using APLS older than 10.7
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Micro Focus Product Unified Functional Testing (UFT) with floating licenses Default
n/a
- Version
  using Any version using APLS older than 10.7
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Micro Focus

Data Center Automation Containerized Suite

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
2017.01 until 2018.05	affected	-

Micro Focus

Hybrid Cloud Management Containerized Suite

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
HCM2017.11, HCM2018.02, HCM2018.05	affected	-

Micro Focus

Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05	affected	-

Micro Focus

Network Virtualization (NV) with floating licenses

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
using Any version using APLS older than 10.7	affected	-

Micro Focus

Operations Bridge Containerized Suite

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05	affected	-

Micro Focus

Service Management Automation Suite

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05	affected	-

Micro Focus

Service Virtualization (SV) with floating licenses

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
using Any version using APLS older than 10.7	affected	-

Micro Focus

Unified Functional Testing (UFT) with floating licenses

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
using Any version using APLS older than 10.7	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.40% 0.02397

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

EPSS probability 0.02397

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Table of values (16 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.40% (0.02397)	83.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.40% (0.02397)	81.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.62% (0.01619)	80.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	6.01% (0.06007)	93.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 9, 2024	5.81% (0.05811)	93.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	5.47% (0.05471)	93.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 18, 2024	7.39% (0.07386)	93.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 11, 2024	8.63% (0.08632)	94.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	8.13% (0.08128)	93.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	8.58% (0.08582)	93.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 8, 2023	9.26% (0.09264)	93.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	6.75% (0.06746)	92.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	20.78% (0.20784)	96.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	20.78% (0.20784)	94.09th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	3.17% (0.03168)	65.23th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	3.17% (0.03168)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (6)

https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236632?lang=en&cc=us&hpappid=206728_SSO_PRO
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https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236648
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https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236667
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https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236669
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https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236722
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https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236726
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https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236632?lang=en&cc=us&hpappid=206728_SSO_PRO		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236648		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236667		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236669		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236722		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236726		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner microfocus

Published Aug 30, 2018

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Feb 1, 2018

Link CVE-2018-6499

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-6499

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-6499