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CVE-2019-3500 json

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…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13137

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • aria2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.34.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3500

  • aria2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.18.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • aria2 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.19.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • aria2 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.33.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3500

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • aria2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.36.0-1.2
  • aria2 Package Hub 15 SP3, Package Hub 15 SP2, Package Hub 15 SP1 +2 more 1.35.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • aria2 Package Hub 15, openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.33.1-bp150.3.7.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10631-1openSUSE-SU-2021:1125-1openSUSE-SU-2019:0050-1

  • aria2 Alpine 3.7 1.33.1-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-3500

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-3500 updated cvss 5.5

aria2: Password leak for HTTP based authentication

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

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