CVE-2018-17567

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

28/09/2018

Last modified:

17/06/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:jekyllrb:jekyll::::::::		3.6.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:jekyllrb:jekyll::::::::	3.7.0 (including)	3.7.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:jekyllrb:jekyll::::::::	3.8.0 (including)	3.8.3 (including)

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CVE-2018-17567

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools