rbash in Bash before 4.4-beta2 did not prevent the shell user from modifying BASH_CMDS, thus allowing the user to execute any command with the permissions of the shell.
CVE-2019-9924
Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 40(Track)EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity78% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 34%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 22, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/tree/CHANGES?h=bash-4.4-testing#n65
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00049.html
- cve@mitrehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1803441
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00028.html
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0001/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4058-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4058-2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/tree/CHANGES?h=bash-4.4-testing#n65
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00049.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1803441
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00028.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0001/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4058-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4058-2/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-9924(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | bash-static (4.3-14ubuntu1.4) @ xenial | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | bash (4.3-7ubuntu1.8+esm1) @ trusty | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| redhat | bash-0:4.2.46-30.el7_4 | 2020-09-22 | redhat |
| redhat | bash-0:4.2.46-34.el7_7 | 2020-09-01 | redhat |
| redhat | bash-0:4.2.46-32.el7_6 | 2020-08-18 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower:3.5.6-1 | 2020-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-tower-36/ansible-tower:3.6.4-1 | 2020-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | bash-0:4.2.46-34.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
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.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bash | — | 4.4-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bash | — | 4.4-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bash | — | 4.4-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bash | — | 4.4-1 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bash | 4.3-11, 4.3-11+deb8u1 | 4.3-11+deb8u2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1113MODERATE2019-03-07
RHSA-2020:1113 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3474MODERATE2019-03-07
RHSA-2020:3474 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3592MODERATE2019-03-07
RHSA-2020:3592 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3803MODERATE2019-03-07
RHSA-2020:3803 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4058-1LOW
Bash vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-4058-2LOW
Bash vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
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