CVE-2019-19606

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

X-Plane before 11.41 has multiple improper path validations that could allow reading and writing files from/to arbitrary paths (or a leak of OS credentials to a remote system) via crafted network packets. This could be used to execute arbitrary commands on the system.

Affected products

X-Plane: before 11.41 — fixed in 11.41

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: X-Plane 11.41. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://blog.0xlabs.com/2020/03/x-plane-1141-remote-command-execution.html
https://blog.0xlabs.com/2020/03/x-plane-1141-remote-command-execution.html

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