Is CVE-2019-18928 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-18928 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-18928?

CVE-2019-18928 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2019-18928?

Patch guidance is available from cyrus security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2019-18928.

Fix CVE-2019-18928 - CRITICAL cyrus imap

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2019-18928?

5 products: cyrus imap, cyrus imap, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, debian debian linux.

Description

Cyrus IMAP 2.5.x before 2.5.14 and 3.x before 3.0.12 allows privilege escalation because an HTTP request may be interpreted in the authentication context of an unrelated previous request that arrived over the same connection.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CYRUS
Published: 11/15/2019
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

cyrus : imapcyrus : imapfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoradebian : debian_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD