{"id":"CVE-2019-1010260","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-1010260","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:31:35.968Z","title":"Using ktlint to download and execute custom rulesets can result in arbitrary code execution as the served jars can be compromised by a MITM.","description":"Using ktlint to download and execute custom rulesets can result in arbitrary code execution as the served jars can be compromised by a MITM. This attack is exploitable via Man in the Middle of the HTTP connection to the artifact servers. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.30.0 and later; after commit 5e547b287d6c260d328a2cb658dbe6b7a7ff2261.","published":"2019-04-02T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:09:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"josh@bress.net","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-319"],"affected":["ktlint project/ktlint"],"epss":{"score":0.01482,"percentile":0.73813,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/shyiko/ktlint/pull/332","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://github.com/shyiko/ktlint/pull/332","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010260","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}