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CVE-2018-14348

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the...

8.1 HighFix available

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.32%Up 0.9 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.1

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Record
CVE-2018-14348
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Record
CVE-2018-14348
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-6269 No score

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Record
EUVD-2018-6269
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pp2m-446r-52q7 8.1

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the...

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Record
GHSA-pp2m-446r-52q7
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-6615 8.1

CVE-2018-14348 affecting package libcgroup for versions less than 0.41-23

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Record
AZL-6615
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2018-14348 8.1

CVE-2018-14348 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2018-14348
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 8.1

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Record
CVE-2018-14348
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-14348 8.1

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14348
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:2047 4.4

Red Hat Security Advisory: libcgroup security update

Record
RHSA-2019:2047
CVSS 3.0
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-14348 8.1

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14348
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0380 No score

Updated libcgroup packages fix security vulnerability

The cgrulesengd daemon (cgred) in libcgroup through version 0.41 creates log files (/var/log/cgred) with world readable and writable permissions (0o666) due to a reset of the file mode creation mask (umask(0)) in the daemon/cgrulesengd.c:cgre_start_daemon() function (CVE-2018-14348).

Record
MGASA-2018-0380
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2142-1 No score

Security update for libcgroup1

This update for libcgroup1 fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-14348: Fix daemon that creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 (bsc#1100365).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2142-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2143-1 No score

Security update for libcgroup

This update for libcgroup fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-14348: Fix daemon that creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 (bsc#1100365).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2143-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2468-1 No score

Security update for libcgroup

This update for libcgroup fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-14348: Fix daemon that creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 (bsc#1100365).

This updates also sets the permissions of already existing log files to proper values.

Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2468-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4845-1 No score

libcgroup vulnerability

It was discovered that libcgroup incorrectly handled log file permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

Record
USN-4845-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libcgroup
Azure Linux:2
 before 0.41-23
0.41-23
libcgroup
Debian:12
 before 0.41-8.1
0.41-8.1
libcgroup
Debian:13
 before 0.41-8.1
0.41-8.1
libcgroup
Debian:14
 before 0.41-8.1
0.41-8.1
libcgroup
Debian:8
 before 0.41-6+deb8u1, plus listed versions
0.41-6
0.41-6+deb8u1
libcgroup
Mageia:6
 before 0.41-1.1.mga6
0.41-1.1.mga6
libcgroup
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libcgroup-pam
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-pam
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-pam
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup-pam
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:0.41-21.el7
0:0.41-21.el7
libcgroup1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
 before 0.41.rc1-7.1
0.41.rc1-7.1
libcgroup1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
 before 0.41.rc1-7.1
0.41.rc1-7.1
libcgroup1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
 before 0.41.rc1-7.1
0.41.rc1-7.1
libcgroup
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
 before 0.41.rc1-10.3.1
0.41.rc1-10.3.1
libcgroup
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
 before 0.41.rc1-10.3.1
0.41.rc1-10.3.1
libcgroup
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
 before 0.41.rc1-10.3.1
0.41.rc1-10.3.1
libcgroup
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
 before 0.41.rc1-10.3.1
0.41.rc1-10.3.1
libcgroup
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
 before 0.41.rc1-10.9.1
0.41.rc1-10.9.1
libcgroup
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
 before 0.41.rc1-10.9.1
0.41.rc1-10.9.1
libcgroup
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
 before 0.41.rc1-10.9.1
0.41.rc1-10.9.1
libcgroup
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
 before 0.41.rc1-10.9.1
0.41.rc1-10.9.1
libcgroup
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
 before 0.38-1ubuntu2+esm1, plus listed versions
0.38-1ubuntu2
0.38-1ubuntu2+esm1
libcgroup
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
 before 0.41-7ubuntu1+esm1, plus listed versions
0.41-6ubuntu10.41-7ubuntu1
0.41-7ubuntu1+esm1
libcgroup
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
 before 0.41-8ubuntu2+esm1, plus listed versions
0.41-8ubuntu10.41-8ubuntu2
0.41-8ubuntu2+esm1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-14348 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Libcgroup Project Libcgroup, published July 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.32%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in libcgroup 0.41-23.

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