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CVE-2018-6556
The lxc-user-nic component of LXC allows unprivileged users to open arbitrary files
Low3.3EPSS 0.35%
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Description
lxc-user-nic when asked to delete a network interface will unconditionally open a user provided path. This code path may be used by an unprivileged user to check for the existence of a path which they wouldn't otherwise be able to reach. It may also be used to trigger side effects by causing a (read-only) open of special kernel files (ptmx, proc, sys). Affected releases are LXC: 2.0 versions above and including 2.0.9; 3.0 versions above and including 3.0.0, prior to 3.0.2.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 72% 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: Low 3.3.
Weakness
- Incorrect access control
- CWE-417 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-417 and its CVEs
Affected products
LXC
- affected 2.0.9 – < 2.0*
- affected 3.0.0 – < 3.0*
References (8)
- USN-3730-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201808-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1227 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1230 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1275 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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