CVE-2018-6559

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

3.3 low

EPSS

<1%p43

Published

Oct 26, 2018 (Oct 26, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10, allows local users to obtain names of files in which they would not normally be able to access via an overlayfs mount inside of a user namespace.

Vendors: linux canonical
Products: linux kernel, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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