CVE-2018-7169 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the shadow_project shadow utility, specifically the newgidmap component. It allows an unprivileged user to manipulate supplementary group memberships within a user namespace, potentially bypassing "group blacklisting" access controls on filesystem paths. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a low impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shadow_project:shadow:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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