VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-13420
Search Guard versions before 21.0 had an timing side channel issue when using the internal user database.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.19%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Search Guard versions before 21.0 had an timing side channel issue when using the internal user database.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.19% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-208, CWE-203
- Affected
- search-guard/search guard
- Source
- security@search-guard.com
EPSS 1.2% 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
- https://docs.search-guard.com/6.x-21/changelog-searchguard-6-x-21_0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://search-guard.com/cve-advisory/Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.search-guard.com/6.x-21/changelog-searchguard-6-x-21_0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://search-guard.com/cve-advisory/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.