CVE-2019-19232
In Sudo through 1.8.29, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can impersonate a nonexistent user by invoking sudo with a numeric uid that is not associated with any user. NOTE: The
02 Description
In Sudo through 1.8.29, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can impersonate a nonexistent user by invoking sudo with a numeric uid that is not associated with any user. NOTE: The
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
- 3.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (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:N/I:H/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-19 20:37Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 02:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-11-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4246711688622cc345c6e08f4f0139d3729eeb726e42d6012a85d256906f273f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.sudo.wshttps://www.sudo.ws/stable.html
- www.sudo.wshttps://www.sudo.ws/devel.html#1.8.30b2
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0004/
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.comhttps://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58812
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.comhttps://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58979
- www.bsi.bund.dehttps://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Warnmeldungen/DE/CB/2019/12/warnmeldung_cb-k20-0001.html
- support2.windriver.comhttps://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=defects&on=view&id=LIN1018-5506
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.comhttps://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58103
- support2.windriver.comhttps://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2019-19232
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-19232
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.comhttps://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs76870
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-8b563bc5f4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IY6DZ7WMDKU4ZDML6MJLDAPG42B5WVUC/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-7c1b270959https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6TKF36KOQUVJNBHSVJFA7BU3CCEYD2F/
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT211100
- seclists.org20200324 APPLE-SA-2020-03-24-2 macOS Catalina 10.15.4, Security Update 2020-002 Mojave, Security Update 2020-002 High Sierrahttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/31
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211100
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133936
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/bulletinapr2020.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.31-1ubuntu1
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.