CVE-2019-3831

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in vdsm, version 4.19 through 4.30.3 and 4.30.5 through 4.30.8. The systemd_run function exposed to the vdsm system user could be abused to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-863

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN]	vdsm	4.30.9

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3831Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3831Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 25, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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