Security advisory

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  "id": "baf0b99a88fcae3c62967c66ac79fff492964b2f224b086525d0b866976136b5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-21269",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-21269",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-21269",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-21269",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-21269"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/openrc/openrc",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d8e4da5e5d4d77cdd705823aa71990276a872ee1"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openrc_project:openrc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.42.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.42.1",
            "0.42",
            "0.41",
            "0.40",
            "0.39",
            "0.38",
            "0.37",
            "0.36",
            "0.35",
            "0.34",
            "0.33",
            "0.32",
            "0.31",
            "0.30",
            "0.29",
            "0.28",
            "0.27",
            "0.26",
            "0.25",
            "0.24",
            "0.23",
            "0.22",
            "0.21",
            "0.20",
            "0.19",
            "0.18",
            "0.17",
            "0.16",
            "0.15",
            "0.14",
            "openrc-0.13",
            "openrc-0.12",
            "openrc-0.11",
            "funtoo-openrc-0.10",
            "openrc-0.10",
            "openrc-0.9.9",
            "openrc-0.9.8.1",
            "openrc-0.9.8",
            "openrc-0.9.7",
            "openrc-0.9.6",
            "openrc-0.9.5",
            "openrc-0.9.4",
            "openrc-0.9.3",
            "openrc-0.9.2",
            "openrc-0.9.0",
            "openrc-0.8.3",
            "openrc-0.8.2",
            "openrc-0.8.1",
            "openrc-0.8.0",
            "openrc-0.7.0",
            "openrc-0.6.8",
            "openrc-0.6.7",
            "openrc-0.6.6",
            "openrc-0.6.5",
            "openrc-0.6.4",
            "openrc-0.6.3",
            "openrc-0.6.2",
            "openrc-0.6.1",
            "openrc-0.6.0",
            "openrc-0.5.3",
            "openrc-0.5.2",
            "openrc-0.5.1",
            "openrc-0.4.3",
            "openrc-0.4.2",
            "openrc-0.4.1",
            "openrc-0.3.0",
            "openrc-0.2.5",
            "openrc-0.2.4",
            "openrc-0.2.3",
            "openrc-0.2.2",
            "openrc-0.2.1",
            "openrc-0.2",
            "openrc-0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-21269.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:05.036450681Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/201"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-21269",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380021,
  "published_at": "2020-10-27T04:15:10.957+00:00"
}