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CVE-2019-9924

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2019-03-22
  • WeaknessCWE-862

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Description

rbash in Bash before 4.4-beta2 did not prevent the shell user from modifying BASH_CMDS, thus allowing the user to execute any command with the permissions of the shell.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-03-2208:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Canonical ubuntu linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.4= 12.04no fix published
14.4= 14.04no fix published
16.4= 16.04no fix published
Gnu bash
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.4< 4.44.4
4.4= 4.4no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.0= 8.0no fix published

3 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • bashUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 4.3-7ubuntu1.8+esm1
  • bashUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 4.3-14ubuntu1.4
  • bashTuxCare:OracleLinux:6all versions · fixed in 4.1.2-48.el6.tuxcare.els2and 1 other package
  • bashTuxCare:CentOS:6all versions · fixed in 4.1.2-48.el6.tuxcare.els2and 1 other package
  • bashSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7all versions · fixed in 4.3-83.23.1
  • bashSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4all versions · fixed in 4.3-83.23.1
  • bashSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3all versions · fixed in 4.3-83.23.1
  • bashSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4all versions · fixed in 4.3-83.23.1

30 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • RHBA-2020:1539 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5.6-1 - RHEL7 Container

  • RHBA-2020:1540 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.4-1 - RHEL7 Container

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHBA-2020:1539 · 1 productFor information on upgrading Ansible Tower, reference the Ansible Tower Upgrade and Migration Guide: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/upgrade-migration-guide/index.html

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.07.2read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-862read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.4 %2026-11-03
  • OSVaffected packages—

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-03-22
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9924?

rbash in Bash before 4.4-beta2 did not prevent the shell user from modifying BASH_CMDS, thus allowing the user to execute any command with the permissions of the shell.

Is CVE-2019-9924 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-9924 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.4% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-9924?

CVE-2019-9924 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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