High
Security advisory
Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the "include" key in the "_config.yml" file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-17567
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the "include" key in the "_config.yml" file.
osv:CVE-2018-17567
Complete source record
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