What is CVE-2018-16359?

CVE-2018-16359 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Gvisor. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-16359?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Gvisor

CVE-2018-16359

Google gVisor before 2018-08-23, within the seccomp sandbox, permits access to the renameat system call, which allows attackers to rename files on the host OS.

Published 2018-09-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Gvisor

References

bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/google/gvisor/commit/001a4c2493b13a43d62c7511fb509a959ae4abc2 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16359?: CVE-2018-16359 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Gvisor. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-16359?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.