Vulnerability · CVE-2018-25111
django-helpdesk before 1.0.0 allows Sensitive Data Exposure because of os.umask(0) in models.py.
Published May 31, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 2, 2025 · django-helpdesk Project
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2018-25111. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of django-helpdesk Project is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.21%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor django-helpdesk Project django-helpdesk 0 <1.0.0
django-helpdesk before 1.0.0 allows Sensitive Data Exposure because of os.umask(0) in models.py.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor django-helpdesk Project django-helpdesk 0 <1.0.00 <1.0.0
How to fix CVE-2018-25111
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2018-25111. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of django-helpdesk Project is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with django-helpdesk Project django-helpdesk 0 <1.0.0 0 <1.0.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 31, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
django-helpdesk before 1.0.0 allows Sensitive Data Exposure because of os.umask(0) in models.py.
Jun 2, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
django-helpdesk before 1.0.0 allows Sensitive Data Exposure because of os.umask(0) in models.py.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-25111
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-25111
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16536
django-helpdesk before 1.0.0 allows Sensitive Data Exposure because of os.umask(0) in models.py.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.