VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-13636
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 3.90%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.90% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- gnu/patch
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.9% 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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71aMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154124/GNU-patch-Command-Injection-Directory-Traversal.html
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=dce4683cbbe107a95f1f0d45fabc304acfb5d71aMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/irsl/gnu-patch-vulnerabilities
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVWWGISFWACROJJPVJJL4UBLVZ7LPOLT/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/29
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/54
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4489
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.