CVE-2018-1000849

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Published: December 20, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:33 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorAlpinelinux

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 4%

Description

Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Alpinelinux · Alpinelinux

95%

v < 2.6.102.7.0 ≤ v < 2.7.62.7.7 ≤ v < 2.10.1

Affected range stops below 2.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.6.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.7.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.8.1-released.html

x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/apk-tools/commit/?id=6484ed9849f03971eb48ee1fdc21a2f128247eb1

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://justi.cz/security/2018/09/13/alpine-apk-rce.html

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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