CVE-2018-18629

7.8 highEPSS 1.5%

High (7.8) in keybase keybase. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-426
Published: 2018-12-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

keybase:keybase

References

https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/
https://hackerone.com/reports/426944
https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002
https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/
https://hackerone.com/reports/426944

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