CVE-2019-6690

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

8.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.0% 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.

Published

2019-03-17 17:02Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 20:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-01-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6823c873c888c87333f87b7ba7968a34ed03e0ccd49ebf368126810858034e6f

• www.securityfocus.com106756http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106756vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151341/Python-GnuPG-0.4.3-Improper-Input-Validation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• pypi.orghttps://pypi.org/project/python-gnupg/#historyx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgSU-2019:0143-1http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00008.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2019:0239-1http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00058.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.debian.org[SECURITY] [DLA 1675-1] 20190214 python-gnupg security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00021.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• seclists.org20190125 CVE-2019-6690: Improper Input Validation in python-gnupghttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/41mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• blog.hackeriet.nohttps://blog.hackeriet.no/cve-2019-6690-python-gnupg-vulnerability/x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3964-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3964-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-06f5bbdaf5https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6KYZMN2PWXY4ENZVJUVTGFBVYEVY7II/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-17fb3273b2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X4VFRUG56542LTYK4444TPJBGR57MT25/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-e67d007a67https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3WMV6XNPPL3VB3RQRFFOBCJ3AGWC4K47/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211228 [SECURITY] [DLA 2862-1] python-gnupg security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00027.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST