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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2019-3681 json

osc: stores downloaded (supposed) RPM in network-controlled filesystem paths

published 2020-06-29 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-13316

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability in osc of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allowed remote attackers that can change downloaded packages to overwrite arbitrary files. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 osc versions prior to 0.169.1-3.20.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 osc versions prior to 0.162.1-15.9.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 osc versions prior to 0.162.1-15.9.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 osc versions prior to 0.169.1-lp151.2.15.1. openSUSE Factory osc versions prior to 0.169.0 .

Patch / fix

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 0.169.1-3.20.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 0.162.1-15.9.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 0.162.1-15.9.1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1 0.169.1-lp151.2.15.1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Factory 0.169.0
  • osc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.169.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3681

  • osc SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.182.0-15.12.1
  • osc SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP2, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 0.169.1-3.20.1
  • osc SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 0.162.1-15.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4351-1SUSE-SU-2020:1695-2SUSE-SU-2020:1695-1SUSE-SU-2020:1528-1

  • osc openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.174.0-1.2
  • osc openSUSE Leap 15.1 0.169.1-lp151.2.15.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11133-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0852-1

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-2019-3681 updated cvss 4.7

osc: Stores downloaded RPM in network-controlled filesystem paths

  • 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

1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122675 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Factory

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path

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.