ExploitedIn CISA KEV

CVE-2018-18809

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-12-29 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

Published2019-03-07
WeaknessCWE-22

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Description

The default server implementation of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO JasperReports Server, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy, and TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS contains a directory-traversal vulnerability that may theoretically allow web server users to access contents of the host system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO JasperReports Library: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.21; 7.1.0; 7.2.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.7.0, TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.21, TIBCO JasperReports Server: versions up to and including 6.3.4; 6.4.0; 6.4.1; 6.4.2; 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition: versions up to and including 6.4.3; 7.1.0, TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 6.4.3, TIBCO Jaspersoft for AWS with Multi-Tenancy: versions up to and including 7.1.0, TIBCO Jaspersoft Reporting and Analytics for AWS: versions up to and including 7.1.0.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2019-03-0722:29CVE publishedNVD
2022-12-29Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
2022-12-29Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
2022-12-29Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
2025-02-0713:17SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-18809?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Tibco jasperreports library

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
6.4	≤ 6.4.21	no fix published	NVD
6.7	≤ 6.7.0	no fix published	NVD
7.1	= 7.1.0	no fix published	NVD
7.2	= 7.2.0	no fix published	NVD

Tibco jasperreports server

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
6.4	≤ 6.4.3	no fix published	NVD
7.1	= 7.1.0	no fix published	NVD

Tibco jaspersoft

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
7.1	≤ 7.1.0	no fix published	NVD

1 more product in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA8 products

As tibco, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library
Affected
- ≤ 6.3.4no fix statedcustom
- = 6.4.1no fix stated
- = 6.4.2no fix stated
- = 6.4.21no fix stated
- = 7.1.0no fix stated
- = 7.2.0no fix stated
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library Community Edition
Affected
- ≤ 6.7.0no fix statedcustom
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Library for ActiveMatrix BPM
Affected
- ≤ 6.4.21no fix statedcustom
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server
Affected
- ≤ 6.3.4no fix statedcustom
- = 6.4.0no fix stated
- = 6.4.1no fix stated
- = 6.4.2no fix stated
- = 6.4.3no fix stated
- = 7.1.0no fix stated
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server Community Edition
Affected
- ≤ 6.4.3no fix statedcustom
- = 7.1.0no fix stated
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO JasperReports Server for ActiveMatrix BPM
Affected
- ≤ 6.4.3no fix statedcustom

2 more products in the CVE record.

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of Use CVE recordupdated 2020-10-29

Fix

CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2023-01-19

Advisories and patches

www.tibco.comVendor Advisory
www.tibco.comVendor Advisory

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC

Nuclei template: available
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed
Metasploit modules: none listed

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added: 2022-12-29
Patch Due Date: 2023-01-19
Ransomware Use: Unknown
Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

CISA KEVKEV entry2022-12-29
ENISA EUVDexploitation2022-12-292022-12-29
GCVEexploitation2022-12-29
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-02-07
OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
NVDCVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 3.09.9known since 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.04read 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-222025-02-07
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score79.1 %read 2026-11-03
ProjectDiscoverydetectionread 2026-11-03
GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—

Identifiers

EUVD-2018-10525same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
GHSA-2qh3-cx4w-cf3xsame flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published: 2019-03-07
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Analyzed
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-2qh3-cx4w-cf3x

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18809?

Is CVE-2018-18809 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2018-18809 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2023-01-19.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-18809?

CVE-2018-18809 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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