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CVE-2019-12816

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Modules.cpp in ZNC before 1.7.4-rc1 allows remote authenticated non-admin users to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by loading a module with a crafted name.

Affected products

• znc: through 1.7.3

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00037.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00018.html
• https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/8de9e376ce531fe7f3c8b0aa4876d15b479b7311
• https://github.com/znc/znc/compare/be1b6bc...d1997d6
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00017.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4O24TQOB73X57GACLZVMRVUK4UKHLE5G/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NHR6OD52FQAG5ZPZ42NJM2T765C3V2XC/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEESIGRNFLZUWXZPDGXAZ7JZTHYBDJ7G/
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/23
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-15
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4044-1/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00037.html

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