CVE-2018-18629

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 72.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-12-20 22:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 11:15Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-10-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

581ac261c380c8b8efaf4d0caaee777cd2f13a89a5b709d1eb74861b5fc083a4

• keybase.iohttps://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002x_refsource_CONFIRM
• blog.mirch.iohttps://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/x_refsource_MISC
• hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/426944x_refsource_MISC