CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18629
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-12-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary.
Affected configurations
• keybase keybase (< 2.8.0-20181023124437)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/426944 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/426944 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002 Exploit, Vendor Advisory