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CVE-2019-15719

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Altair PBS Professional through 19.1.2 allows Privilege Escalation because an attacker can send a message directly to pbs_mom, which fails to properly authenticate the message. This results in code execution as an arbitrary user.

Affected products

• Altair Pbs Professional: from 13.0.0 before 13.0.412; from 14.0.0 before 14.2.7; from 18.0.0 before 18.2.5; from 19.1.0 before 19.1.3; from 19.2.0 before 19.2.4 — fixed in 13.0.412, 14.2.7, 18.2.5, 19.1.3, 19.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Altair Pbs Professional 13.0.412, 14.2.7, 18.2.5, 19.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154782/PBS-Professional-19.2.3-Authentication-Bypass.html
• https://www.hpcsec.com
• https://www.hpcsec.com/2019/10/08/cve-2019-15719/
• https://www.pbspro.org/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154782/PBS-Professional-19.2.3-Authentication-Bypass.html
• https://www.hpcsec.com
• https://www.hpcsec.com/2019/10/08/cve-2019-15719/
• https://www.pbspro.org/

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