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high 7.8

CVE-2019-16729 json

pam-python before 1.0.7-1 has an issue in regard to the default environment variable handling of Python, which could allow for local root e…

published 2019-09-24 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7274

cvss
7.8
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 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

pam-python before 1.0.7-1 has an issue in regard to the default environment variable handling of Python, which could allow for local root escalation in certain PAM setups.

Patch / fix

  • pam-python_project pam-python 1.0.7-1
  • pam-python Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16729

  • pam-python Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.4-1.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
  • pam-python Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.0.6-1.1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16729

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.