High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-18629
CVE-2018-18629
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.
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References
3- blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/426944nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002nvdExploitVendor Advisory
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