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CVE-2019-3500

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

aria2c in aria2 1.33.1, when --log is used, can store an HTTP Basic Authentication username and password in a file, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Affected products

• aria2_project aria2c: 1.33.1
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 18.10, 19.04
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 28, 29, 30

References

• https://github.com/aria2/aria2/issues/1329
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00012.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00039.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/532M22TAOOIY3J4XX4R7BLZHXJRUSBQ2/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MUUYDELHRLVE2AFNVR3OJ6ILUKVLY4B/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5OLPTVYHJZJ2MVEXJCNPXBSFPVPE4XX/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3965-1/
• https://github.com/aria2/aria2/issues/1329
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00012.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00039.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/532M22TAOOIY3J4XX4R7BLZHXJRUSBQ2/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MUUYDELHRLVE2AFNVR3OJ6ILUKVLY4B/

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