CVE-2019-14287

HIGHNVD 8.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 86% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.6% of all CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction ≥85%
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 64%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 64%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In Sudo before 1.8.28, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can bypass certain policy blacklists and session PAM modules, and can cause incorrect logging, by invoking sudo with a crafted user ID. For example, this allows bypass of !root configuration, and USER= logging, for a "sudo -u \#$((0xffffffff))" command.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EPSS
99.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 17, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (74)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-14287(15)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(15)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntusudo-ldap (1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.1) @ bionic2026-05-27ubuntu
redhatsudo-0:1.8.25p1-4.el8_0.22020-02-04redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.7.2p1-31.el5_11.12019-12-10redhat
redhatmachine-os-content-container2019-11-21redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.6p3-12.el6_5.22019-11-18redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.22019-11-06redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.6p3-15.el6_6.22019-11-06redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.25p1-8.el8_12019-11-05redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.22019-10-31redhat
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20191022.0.el7_62019-10-30redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.6p7-23.el7_3.22019-10-29redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.19p2-12.el7_4.12019-10-28redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.23-3.el7_6.12019-10-24redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.23-4.el7_7.12019-10-24redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.19p2-14.el7_5.12019-10-24redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-11 08:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-09 19:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-05 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-02 18:05 UTCOSV refresh
  5. 2026-07-02 16:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-28 04:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-28 04:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-27 03:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-15 17:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-14 16:13 UTCOSV refresh
  23. 2026-06-13 22:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-12 23:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-10 13:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-08 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-08 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-05 22:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-05-28 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-05-27 12:48 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-05-27 12:48 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-05-27 12:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-05-27 02:14 UTCOSV refresh
  13. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(4 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (3 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCCMNatic/Dockerized-CVE-2019-14287
    First seen Feb 9, 2020

    Containerized and deployable use of the CVE-2019-14287 vuln. View README.md for more.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCshallvhack/Sudo-Security-Bypass-CVE-2019-14287
    First seen Oct 18, 2019

    Sudo Security Bypass (CVE-2019-14287)

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-47502
    First seen Oct 15, 2019

    sudo 1.8.27 - Security Bypass

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCn0w4n/CVE-2019-14287
    First seen Oct 15, 2019

    Sudo exploit

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-14287?
CVE-2019-14287 is a high vulnerability published on October 17, 2019. In Sudo before 1.8.28, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can bypass certain policy blacklists and session PAM modules, and can cause incorrect logging, by invoking sudo with a crafted user ID. For example, this allows bypass of !root configuration, and USER= logging, for a "sudo…
When was CVE-2019-14287 disclosed?
CVE-2019-14287 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 17, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-14287 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-14287 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-14287?
CVE-2019-14287 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
How do I remediate CVE-2019-14287?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-14287, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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