HP Integrated Lights-Out Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CVE-2018-7113)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 504386

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A security vulnerability in HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) prior to v1.37 could be locally exploited to bypass the security restrictions for firmware updates.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 504386

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 11/13/2025

Updated: 11/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7113

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:hp:integrated_lights-out_5_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/HP

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7113

Detections

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