CVE-2018-11805

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, nefarious CF files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.3, we recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11805

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.4.3-1
debian debianbookwormfixed3.4.3~rc6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.4.3~rc6-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.4.3~rc6-1
debian debiansidfixed3.4.3~rc6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.4.3~rc6-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.