High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16497
CVE-2018-16497
Description
In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server. If the job is run as the user root, there is a potential privilege escalation vulnerability. In this case, the job runs a script as root that is writable by users who are members of the versa group.
Affected products
2- Versa/Versa Analyticsdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- hackerone.com/reports/1168194nvdThird Party Advisory
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