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TI-2018-13357 Aliases CVE-2018-18856GHSA-xmgg-82f8-jrc5

Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been identified in the LiquidVPN…

Priority LOW 37CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been identified in the LiquidVPN client through 1.37 for macOS. An attacker can communicate with an unprotected XPC service and directly execute arbitrary OS commands as root or load a potentially malicious kernel extension because com.smr.liquidvpn.OVPNHelper uses the system function to execute the "openvpncmd" parameter as a shell command.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0161 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:liquidvpn:liquidvpn:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*up to 1.37VulnerableLiquidvpn
  • cpe:2.3:a:liquidvpn:liquidvpn:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions up to 1.37 Vulnerable ·Liquidvpn

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-18856
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xmgg-82f8-jrc5

References

Exploit 3

  • TI-2018-13360 Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been identified in the LiquidVPN… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-13359 Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been identified in the LiquidVPN… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-13358 Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been identified in the LiquidVPN… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8

Sources

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