CVE catalog
CVE-2018-12615
passenger: CVE-2018-12615
- Severity
- Low
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.20% · Oct 22, 2026
An issue was discovered in switchGroup() in agent/ExecHelper/ExecHelperMain.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 5.3.2. The set of groups (gidset) is not set correctly, leaving it up to randomness (i.e., uninitialized memory) which supplementary groups are actually being set while lowering privileges.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | passenger | sid | 6.2.0+ds-1 | not affected |
| Debian | passenger | forky | 6.2.0+ds-1 | not affected |
| Debian | passenger | trixie | 6.0.26+ds-1.1 | not affected |
| Debian | passenger | bookworm | 6.0.17+ds-1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | passenger | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | passenger | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | passenger | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | passenger | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libapache2-mod-passenger]Not affected
Source package: [passenger]
Details (2)
6.0.17+ds-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · passenger · debian · bookworm
6.0.17+ds-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · passenger · debian · bookworm
- [passenger]Not affected
Details (2)
6.0.17+ds-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · passenger · debian · bookworm
6.0.17+ds-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · passenger · debian · bookworm
Observed: