CVE-2019-1579

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-10. Federal remediation due 2022-07-10.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

46.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-12.

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.

Published

2019-07-19 21:12Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-12 03:55Z23 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2018-12-06

Assigning CNA

palo_alto

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

fcbcda033a2573307633b9253526a72e3ac7cf5a1386210f081dc788ef294dc5

• www.securityfocus.com109310http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109310vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• psirt.global.sonicwall.comhttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010x_refsource_CONFIRM
• devco.rehttps://devco.re/blog/2019/07/17/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-1-PreAuth-RCE-on-Palo-Alto-GlobalProtect-with-Uber-as-case-study/x_refsource_MISC
• security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-1579x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1579government-resource