CVE-2018-21269
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.05%
Description
checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink.
How to fix CVE-2018-21269
To remediate CVE-2018-21269, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/openrc—upgrade to 0.41.2-r2 or later
- Debian/openrc—no fix listed
Is CVE-2018-21269 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.41.2-r2
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |