CVE-2018-16497

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.

• CWE-269
• CWE-269

• https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194Third Party Advisory
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194Third Party Advisory

Published

May 26, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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