CVE-2019-10183
This option accepts guest VM password as command line arguments, thus leaking them to others users on the system via process listing.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Virt-install(1) utility used to provision new virtual machines has introduced an option '--unattended' to create VMs without user interaction. This option accepts guest VM password as command line arguments, thus leaking them to others users on the system via process listing. It was introduced recently in the virt-manager v2.2.0 release.
- CVSS 3.0
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- redhat/virt-manager · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109027Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3464
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10183Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109027Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3464
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10183Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.