CVE-2018-18629

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-426

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/426944Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/426944Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 20, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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