CVE catalog

CVE-2019-14868

ksh-93vu-10.1 on GA media

[CVE catalog]

Severity
High · CVSS 7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.39% · Oct 25, 2026

In ksh version 20120801, a flaw was found in the way it evaluates certain environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Services and applications that allow remote unauthenticated attackers to provide one of those environment variables could allow them to exploit this issue remotely.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianksh112020.0.0-2.1fixed
Debianksh993u+20120801-3.1vulnerable
Debianksh993u+20120801-3.1+deb9u1fixed
Susekshlinux enterprise module for legacy 1293vu-19.3.2fixed
Susekshlinux enterprise software development kit 12 sp593vu-19.3.2fixed
Ubuntukshpro93u+20120801-1vulnerable
Ubuntukshpro93u+20120801-1ubuntu0.14.04.1vulnerable
Ubuntukshpro93u+20120801-1ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1fixed
Ubuntuksh16.0493u+20120801-1vulnerable
Ubuntuksh16.0493u+20120801-1.1vulnerable
Ubuntuksh16.0493u+20120801-1.2vulnerable
Ubuntuksh16.0493u+20120801-2vulnerable
Ubuntuksh16.0493u+20120801-2ubuntu0.16.04.1vulnerable
Ubuntuksh18.0493u+20120801-3.1ubuntu1vulnerable
Opensusekshtumbleweed93vu-10.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiankshdeb112020.0.0-2.1Not reportedDEBIAN-CVE-2019-14868Not reported
Debiankshdeb993u+20120801-3.1+deb9u1Not reportedDLA-2284-1Not reported
Susekshrpmlinux enterprise module for legacy 1293vu-19.3.2Not reportedSUSE-SU-2024:2756-1Not reported
Susekshrpmlinux enterprise software development kit 12 sp593vu-19.3.2Not reportedSUSE-SU-2024:2756-1Not reported
Ubuntukshdebpro93u+20120801-1ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2019-14868Not reported
Opensusekshrpmtumbleweed93vu-10.1Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2024:14252-1Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

  • [ksh-devel]Unknown

    Source package: [ksh]

    Details (1)
    • 93vu-13.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Unknown · Fixed: 93vu-10.1

      Version impact unknown

      pypi · ksh · opensuse · tumbleweed

  • [ksh]Fixed

    Source package: [ksh]

    Details (1)
    • 93vu-13.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Fixed · Fixed: 93vu-10.1

      pypi · ksh · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed:

References