CVE-2019-13638
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.1%
Description
GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.
How to fix CVE-2019-13638
To remediate CVE-2019-13638, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/patch—upgrade to 2.7.6-r6 or later
- —upgrade to 2.7.6-5 or later
Is CVE-2019-13638 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.7.6-r6
- from 0, < 2.7.6-5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |