CVE-2018-1000155

CRITICAL

OpenFlow 1.0 onwards - Denial of Service and Improper Authorization via DPID Trust in Handshake

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

OpenFlow version 1.0 onwards contains a Denial of Service and Improper authorization vulnerability in OpenFlow handshake: The DPID (DataPath IDentifier) in the features_reply message are inherently trusted by the controller. that can result in Denial of Service, Unauthorized Access, Network Instability. This attack appear to be exploitable via Network connectivity: the attacker must first establish a transport connection with the OpenFlow controller and then initiate the OpenFlow handshake.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0121
EPSS Percentile 64.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
opennetworking/openflow
Published May 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026