CVE-2019-18192

HIGH 7.8CVE-2019-18192 · Published 17/10/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-18192 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting guix (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 28.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
guix gnu	`= 1.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

GNU Guix 1.0.1 allows local users to gain access to an arbitrary user's account because the parent directory of the user-profile directories is world writable, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17365.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/17/3 · Mailing List
issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37744 · Exploit

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