CVE-2019-20044

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

0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 42.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

Important. 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.

Published

2020-02-24 13:09Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 02:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-12-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-273Improper Check for Dropped PrivilegesBase
• CWE-271Privilege Dropping / Lowering ErrorsClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ae89831eb0a023742fbef2045bedd9e7521139b135c554d54d0aa5af14b6d184

• zsh.sourceforge.nethttp://zsh.sourceforge.net/releases.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/XMB5/zsh-privileged-upgradex_refsource_MISC
• www.zsh.orghttps://www.zsh.org/mla/zsh-announce/141x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2117-1] zsh security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00004.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-3f38f3e517https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP64FFIZI2CKQOEAOI5A72PVQULE7ZZC/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-9009363f0fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PN5V7MPHRRP7QNHOEK56S7QGRU53WUN6/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-55https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-55vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT211168x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20200529 APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-1 iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/49mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• seclists.org20200529 APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-5 watchOS 6.2.5http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/55mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• seclists.org20200529 APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.5, Security Update 2020-003 Mojave, Security Update 2020-003 High Sierrahttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/53mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• seclists.org20200529 APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-4 tvOS 13.4.5http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/59mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT211168x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT211170x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT211171x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT211175x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201201 [SECURITY] [DLA 2470-1] zsh security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST