CVE-2019-12816
Modules.cpp in ZNC before 1.7.4-rc1 allows remote authenticated non-admin users to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by loading a module with a crafted name.
02 Description
Modules.cpp in ZNC before 1.7.4-rc1 allows remote authenticated non-admin users to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by loading a module with a crafted name.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 4.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-06-15 15:40Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 23:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-06-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 108df9461c45beea9ea8fa3c600fa29e6d8324c113e39409a26daa1a695f3c45
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/znc/znc/commit/8de9e376ce531fe7f3c8b0aa4876d15b479b7311
- github.comhttps://github.com/znc/znc/compare/be1b6bc...d1997d6
- seclists.org20190617 [SECURITY] [DSA 4463-1] znc security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/23
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190620 [SECURITY] [DLA 1830-1] znc security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00017.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4044-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4044-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1775http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00037.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1859http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00018.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201908-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-15
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-154930f99bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NHR6OD52FQAG5ZPZ42NJM2T765C3V2XC/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-233d9b9a5ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEESIGRNFLZUWXZPDGXAZ7JZTHYBDJ7G/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-0e70ef9cbbhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4O24TQOB73X57GACLZVMRVUK4UKHLE5G/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- znc Fixed in 1.7.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- znc Fixed in 1.7.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- znc Fixed in 1.7.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- znc Fixed in 1.6.3-1ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- znc Fixed in 1.6.6-1ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- znc Fixed in 1.2-3ubuntu0.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.