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CVE-2018-14348 json

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of infor…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-6269

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Patch / fix

  • libcgroup Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.41-8.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14348

  • libcgroup Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.38-1ubuntu2+esm1
  • libcgroup Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.41-7ubuntu1+esm1
  • libcgroup Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.41-8ubuntu2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14348

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libcgroup RHEL 7 0.41-21.el7
  • libcgroup-pam RHEL 7 0.41-21.el7
  • libcgroup-tools RHEL 7 0.41-21.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2047

  • libcgroup SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 0.41.rc1-10.9.1
  • libcgroup1 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 0.41.rc1-7.1
  • libcgroup SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 0.41.rc1-10.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:2468-1SUSE-SU-2018:2142-1SUSE-SU-2018:2143-1

  • libcgroup CBL-Mariner 2.0 0.41-23

azure linux advisories AZL-6615

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-14348 updated cvss 4.4

libcgroup: cgrulesengd creates log files with insecure permissions

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libcgroup, libcgroup-pam
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libcgroup 0.41-21.el7, libcgroup-tools 0.41-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libcgroup-pam 0.41-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libcgroup 0.41-21.el7, libcgroup-tools 0.41-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libcgroup-pam 0.41-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libcgroup 0.41-21.el7, libcgroup-tools 0.41-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libcgroup-pam 0.41-21.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libcgroup 0.41-21.el7, libcgroup-tools 0.41-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libcgroup-pam 0.41-21.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2047
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libcgroup, libcgroup-pam, libcgroup-tools Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 libcgroup Red Hat Virtualization 4 libcgroup
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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