CVE-2018-19045

keepalived: Insecure permissions when creating new temporary files allows for leaking of sensitive data

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 8, 2018

Updated · January 14, 2026

Description

keepalived 2.0.8 used mode 0666 when creating new temporary files upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats, potentially leaking sensitive information.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of keepalived as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as the packages are not built with dbus support, therefore the vulnerable code is not available in resulting RPM and the issue cannot be exploited.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary File