CVE-2015-7519

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 82.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

3.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-01-08 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-09-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6d58e9862633f4025628550ed4e5818e9f88224008650f38766ca546bad9f937

• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2337http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00024.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/ddb8ecc4ebf260e4967f57f271d4f5761abeac3ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• blog.phusion.nlhttps://blog.phusion.nl/2015/12/07/cve-2015-7519/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/passenger-dec-2015-security-fixesx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151207 injecting environment variables into Phusion Passenger (CVE-2015-7519)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/07/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956281x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151207 CVE-2015-7519: Phusion Passenger Header overwriting issuehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/07/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180627 [SECURITY] [DLA 1399-1] ruby-passenger security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00007.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST