CVE-2019-16278

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-11-07. Federal remediation due 2024-11-28.

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

99.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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.

Published

2019-10-14 16:06Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2019-09-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2f62f26455359def56e911d5afcc8bf0993090f7f869a03b0711242b3ab2c98b

• www.nazgul.chhttp://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txtx_refsource_MISC
• sp0re.shhttps://sp0re.shx_refsource_MISC
• git.sp0re.shhttps://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploitsx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16278government-resource