CVE-2019-13638

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 26, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2019-13638: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix