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A mitigation for the issue is to manually stop/uninstall Gogo plugin bundle that is installed with the webconsole feature, although of course this removes the console from the .../system/console application, not only from the unauthenticated endpoint. One could also stop/uninstall the Pax Web Extender Whiteboard, but other components/applications may require it and so their functionality would be reduced/compromised.","publishedAt":"2018-09-18T14:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-09-17T02:16:58.807Z","severity":null,"assigner":"apache","products":["Apache Software Foundation Apache Karaf"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","product":"Apache Karaf","versions":[{"version":"prior to 3.0.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"4.0.x prior to 4.0.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"4.1.x prior to 4.1.1","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-4993","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d9ba4c3104ba32225646879a057b75b54430f349c246c85469037d3c%40%3Cdev.karaf.apache.org%3E","http://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2018-11787.txt"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:44:13.163Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2018/11xxx/CVE-2018-11787.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2018-11787","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2018-09-18T14:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-09-17T02:16:58.807Z","assignerShortName":"apache","assignerOrgId":"f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09","dateReserved":"2018-06-05T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In Apache Karaf version prior to 3.0.9, 4.0.9, 4.1.1, when the webconsole feature is installed in Karaf, it is available at .../system/console and requires authentication to access it. 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