CVE-2018-14055

high

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.0

Description

ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 does not properly validate untrusted lines coming from the network, allowing a non-admin user to escalate his privilege and inject rogue values into znc.conf.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14055

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201807-11

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`1.7.1-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.7.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.7.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.7.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.7.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.7.1-1`

References

https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201807-11
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14055

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