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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2019-13314 json

virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the --roo…

published 2019-07-05 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-4819

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py.

Patch / fix

  • virt-bootstrap SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 1.0.0-5.3.124

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3045-1

  • virt-bootstrap openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.0.0-lp151.4.3.1
  • virt-bootstrap openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.0.0-lp152.5.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:1856-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1787-1

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-2019-13314 updated cvss 2.8

virt-bootstrap: allows local users to discover root password 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

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-July/msg00043.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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

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.