Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
Priority LOW 34CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01562 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | beep | beep | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- beep Vendor— Affected beep Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:beep_project:beep:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.3.4 | Vulnerable | Beep Project |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
- cpe:2.3:a:beep_project:beep:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.3.4 Vulnerable ·Beep Project
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-0492
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wcqx-v7mj-x2h4
References
Sources
- CVE-2018-0492 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-0492 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wcqx-v7mj-x2h4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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