CVE-2018-21269

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p32

Published

Oct 27, 2020 (Oct 27, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink.

Vendors: openrc project
Products: openrc
Weakness: CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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