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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-16359

Google gVisor before 2018-08-23, within the seccomp sandbox, permits access to the renameat system call, which allows attackers to rename files on the host OS.

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CVE-2018-16359
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31 Oct 2026, 10:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-16359

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Sept 2018, 22:29 UTC

Google gVisor before 2018-08-23, within the seccomp sandbox, permits access to the renameat system call, which allows attackers to rename files on the host OS.

osv:CVE-2018-16359
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16359",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-16359",
    "summary": "Google gVisor before 2018-08-23, within the seccomp sandbox, permits access to the renameat system call, which allows attackers to rename files on the host OS.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-16359",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "001a4c2493b13a43d62c7511fb509a959ae4abc2"
                }
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                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:06.738939378Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1632",
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      ],
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381295,
  "published_at": "2018-09-02T22:29:00.723+00:00"
}