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CVE-2019-3816 in the critical feed json

Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to arbitrary file disclosure because the working directory of openwsmand daem…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13439

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.7%
EPSS 14.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to arbitrary file disclosure because the working directory of openwsmand daemon was set to root directory. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to openwsman server.

Patch / fix

  • openwsman RHEL 8 2.6.5-5.el8
  • libwsman1 RHEL 8 2.6.5-5.el8
  • openwsman-client RHEL 8 2.6.5-5.el8
  • openwsman-server RHEL 8 2.6.5-5.el8
  • openwsman-python3 RHEL 8 2.6.5-5.el8
  • openwsman RHEL 7 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6
  • libwsman1 RHEL 7 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6
  • openwsman-perl RHEL 7 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:0972RHSA-2019:0638

  • openwsman SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP4 +5 more 2.4.11-21.8.1
  • openwsman SLE Module for Server Applications 15 2.6.7-3.3.1
  • openwsman SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 2.2.3-0.16.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0656-1SUSE-SU-2019:0654-1SUSE-SU-2019:13981-1

  • openwsman openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.6.7-lp150.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1111-1

  • openwsman CBL-Mariner 2.0, Azure Linux 3.0 2.6.8-13

azure linux advisories AZL-36969AZL-37151

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-3816 updated cvss 7.5

openwsman: Disclosure of arbitrary files outside of the registered URIs

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libwsman1, openwsman-perl, openwsman-ruby, openwsman-client, openwsman-python, openwsman-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Director openwsman-python Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Director openwsman-python
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) libwsman-devel 2.6.5-5.el8, libwsman1-debuginfo 2.6.5-5.el8, openwsman-debuginfo 2.6.5-5.el8, openwsman-debugsource 2.6.5-5.el8, openwsman-perl-debuginfo 2.6.5-5.el8, openwsman-client-debuginfo 2.6.5-5.el8, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libwsman1 2.6.5-5.el8, openwsman 2.6.5-5.el8, openwsman-client 2.6.5-5.el8, openwsman-server 2.6.5-5.el8, openwsman-python3 2.6.5-5.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0972
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libwsman1 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-client 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-server 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) openwsman-perl 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-ruby 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-python 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libwsman1 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-client 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-python 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-server 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) openwsman-perl 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-ruby 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) libwsman1 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-client 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-python 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-server 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) openwsman-perl 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-ruby 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libwsman1 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-client 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-python 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-server 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) openwsman-perl 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-ruby 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libwsman1 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-client 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-python 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-server 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) openwsman-perl 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6, openwsman-ruby 2.6.3-6.git4391e5c.el7_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0638
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
    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

14.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] openwsman

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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