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CVE-2019-9891

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-05-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The function getopt_simple as described in Advanced Bash Scripting Guide (ISBN 978-1435752184) allows privilege escalation and execution of commands when used in a shell script called, for example, via sudo.

Affected products

• Tldp Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide: all versions

References

• https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2019-007
• https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2019-007

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