High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1000849
CVE-2018-1000849
Description
Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.6.10
- (no CPE)range: <2.6.10, <2.7.6, <2.10.1
- Range: <2.6.10, <2.7.6, <2.10.1
Patches
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References
3- git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/apk-tools/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- justi.cz/security/2018/09/13/alpine-apk-rce.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.8.1-released.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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