CVE-2018-1240: Emc Vipr Controller

High severity, CVSS 8.0. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell EMC ViPR Controller, versions after 3.0.0.38, contain an information exposure vulnerability in the VRRP. VRRP defaults to an insecure configuration in Linux's keepalived component which sends the cluster password in plaintext through multicast. A malicious user, having access to the vCloud subnet where ViPR is deployed, could potentially sniff the password and use it to take over the cluster's virtual IP and cause a denial of service on that ViPR Controller system.

Affected products

• Emc Vipr Controller: from 3.0.0.39, before 3.6.1.4 (fixed in 3.6.1.4)

Published 2018-04-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.