Singularity 2.3.0 through 2.5.1 is affected by an incorrect access control on systems supporting overlay file system. When using the overlay option, a malicious user may access sensitive information by exploiting a few specific Singularity features.
CVE-2018-12021
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 37% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 72.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 5, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (4)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/16/1
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/singularityware/singularity/releases/tag/2.5.2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/16/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/singularityware/singularity/releases/tag/2.5.2
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | singularity-container (2.4.2-4ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ bionic | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/hpcng/singularity | — | 2.5.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
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