CVE-2019-16779

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

1.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 76.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.9 (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:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-28.

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

2019-12-16 19:35Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 01:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-09-24

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-664Improper Control of a Resource Through its LifetimePillar
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

27ab022aee6bbf975c5d81793e190a25603264d5bef2d60598002a310a42ec36

• github.comhttps://github.com/excon/excon/security/advisories/GHSA-q58g-455p-8vw9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/excon/excon/commit/ccb57d7a422f020dc74f1de4e8fb505ab46d8a29x_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0036http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00021.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200119 [SECURITY] [DLA 2070-1] ruby-excon security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00015.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0139http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00062.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE