CVE-2019-8978

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

5.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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

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

2019-05-14 18:37Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 21:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-02-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4ea917e98f904a51cc0b638d02adc9911fdacaea8bb1ff423c9e399ed9d7a9f7

• seclists.org20190513 [CVE-2019-8978] Improper Authentication (CWE-287) in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor and Banner Enterprise Identity Serviceshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/18mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152856/Ellucian-Banner-Web-Tailor-Banner-Enterprise-Identity-Services-Improper-Authentication.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20190514 [CVE-2019-8978] Improper Authentication (CWE-287) in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor and Banner Enterprise Identity Serviceshttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/31mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• raw.githubusercontent.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/JoshuaMulliken/CVE-2019-8978/master/README.txtx_refsource_MISC
• ecommunities.ellucian.comhttps://ecommunities.ellucian.com/message/252749#252749x_refsource_MISC
• ecommunities.ellucian.comhttps://ecommunities.ellucian.com/message/252810#252810x_refsource_MISC