CVE-2019-18192

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

GNU Guix 1.0.1 allows local users to gain access to an arbitrary user's account because the parent directory of the user-profile directories is world writable, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17365.

Affected products

GNU Guix guix-daemon: 1.0.1

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/17/3
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37744
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/17/3
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37744

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