In CISOfy Lynis 2.x through 2.7.5, the license key can be obtained by looking at the process list when a data upload is being performed.

published 2020-06-18 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-4601

cvss: 3.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

In CISOfy Lynis 2.x through 2.7.5, the license key can be obtained by looking at the process list when a data upload is being performed. This license can be used to upload data to a central Lynis server. Although no data can be extracted by knowing the license key, it may be possible to upload the data of additional scans.

Patch / fix

distros 2

debian opensuse

lynis Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13033

lynis openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.5-3.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11032-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-13033 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 5.5

lynis: information disclosure via process listing.

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDCHEKNR3HPJRNHE5PYKFH5GNBADTPA7/
vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBFHIX6RTHCK37FXMAAXP4KGAMLUFDUD/
vendor-advisory
cisofy.com /security/cve/cve-2019-13033/
vendor-advisory
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00024.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-13033
NVD CVE-2019-13033

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Summary