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CVE-2018-12021

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.

Published: Jul 5, 2018
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2018-12021
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-200

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
sylabs / singularity	2.3.0	2.5.1.x

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/16/1
https://github.com/singularityware/singularity/releases/tag/2.5.2

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