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CVE-2018-17567
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…
High7.5EPSS 2.2%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsjekyllGHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/pull/7224 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://jekyllrb.com/news/2018/09/19/security-fixes-for-3-6-3-7-3-8/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [accumulo-commits] 20190424 [accumulo-website] branch master updated: Update Jekyll (CVE-2018-17567) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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