{"id":"CVE-2018-18629","aliases":["EUVD-2018-10345","GHSA-r956-7c4h-fwq7"],"status":"published","title":"An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux....","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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01493,"percentile":0.74321,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-426"],"published":"2018-12-20T22:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:47:36Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-46044","title":"Keybase keybase-redirector - '$PATH' Local Privilege Escalation","type":"local","platform":"linux","date":"2018-10-22","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46044"}],"products":[{"vendor":"keybase","product":"keybase"}],"references":[{"url":"https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/426944","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18629"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r956-7c4h-fwq7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-18629","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.","status":"published","published":"2018-12-20T22:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T11:15:59.944Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:11.426178Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-10345","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.","status":"published","published":"2018-12-20T22:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T11:15:59Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:39:35.790696Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-r956-7c4h-fwq7","title":"An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux....","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.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-14T01:37:01Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:03:58Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-426"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:45.826629Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-18629","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.","status":"published","published":"2018-12-20T23:29:00.8Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:47:36.317Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-426"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:50.99633Z"}]}}