{"id":"CVE-2019-6338","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-6338","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:31:09.275Z","title":"In Drupal Core versions 7.x prior to 7.62, 8.6.x prior to 8.6.6 and 8.5.x prior to 8.5.9; Drupal core uses the third-party PEAR Archive_Tar library.","description":"In Drupal Core versions 7.x prior to 7.62, 8.6.x prior to 8.6.6 and 8.5.x prior to 8.5.9; Drupal core uses the third-party PEAR Archive_Tar library. This library has released a security update which impacts some Drupal configurations. Refer to CVE-2018-1000888 for details","published":"2019-01-22T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:39:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"mlhess@drupal.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-502"],"affected":["drupal/drupal","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.0212,"percentile":0.81745,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (2.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106706","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"mlhess@drupal.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00032.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"mlhess@drupal.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4370","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"mlhess@drupal.org"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2019-001","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"mlhess@drupal.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106706","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00032.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4370","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2019-001","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6338","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."}