{
    "id": "CVE-2018-18629",
    "published": "2018-12-20 23:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:47:36",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-426",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01493",
    "epss_percentile": "0.73427",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:18",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "keybase",
            "product": "keybase"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "46044",
            "title": "Keybase keybase-redirector - '$PATH' Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2018-10-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46044"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/426944",
        "https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002",
        "https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/426944",
        "https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002"
    ]
}