CVE-2018-6556
The lxc-user-nic component of LXC allows unprivileged users to open arbitrary files
02 Description
The lxc-user-nic component of LXC allows unprivileged users to open arbitrary files
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.3 (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:L/I:N/A:N
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-08-10 15:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-02-02
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ddd4854b1a6db1880693cbe7d128af1b654ca5ec5e305214111a1f4547a022f4
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3730-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3730-1
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201808-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1227http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1230http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00076.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1275http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1481http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- lxc Fixed in 1:3.0.2-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- lxc Fixed in 1:2.0.9-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lxc Fixed in 1:2.0.9-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lxc Fixed in 1:2.0.9-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- lxc Fixed in 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.