CVE-2018-18629 is an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Keybase command-line client for Linux, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.8.0-20181023124437. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to achieve root privileges by tricking the keybase-redirector application into executing a malicious binary. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on affected systems. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has garnered community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.8.0-20181023124437CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:keybase:keybase:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.