CVE-2018-11781: Apache Spamassassin

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 fixes a local user code injection in the meta rule syntax.

Affected products

• Apache Spamassassin: before 3.4.2 (fixed in 3.4.2)
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.5 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2018-09-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.