# CVE-2018-19367: Portainer through 1.19.2 provides an API endpoint (/api/users/admin/check) to verify that the admin user is already created.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-11-20 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Portainer through 1.19.2 provides an API endpoint (/api/users/admin/check) to verify that the admin user is already created. This API endpoint will return 404 if admin was not created and 204 if it was already created. Attackers can set an admin password in the 404 case.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/lichti/shodan-portainer/
- https://github.com/portainer/portainer/issues/2475

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