{"id":"CVE-2018-17567","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17567","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:06:00.619Z","title":"Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the \"include\" key in the \"_config.yml\" file.","description":"Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the \"include\" key in the \"_config.yml\" file.","published":"2018-09-28T00:29:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:46:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["jekyllrb/jekyll"],"epss":{"score":0.02188,"percentile":0.8232,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/pull/7224","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://jekyllrb.com/news/2018/09/19/security-fixes-for-3-6-3-7-3-8/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/71da391f584b2fb301d2df0e491b279d87287e2fb4b11309f04ad984%40%3Ccommits.accumulo.apache.org%3E","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/pull/7224","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jekyllrb.com/news/2018/09/19/security-fixes-for-3-6-3-7-3-8/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/71da391f584b2fb301d2df0e491b279d87287e2fb4b11309f04ad984%40%3Ccommits.accumulo.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17567","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}