VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-9929
Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise 3.12.1 has Insecure Permissions.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.98%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise 3.12.1 has Insecure Permissions.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.98% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Affected
- northern/cfengine
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.0% since 26 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://cfengine.com/company/blog-detail/cve-2019-9929-internal-authentication-secrets-leaked-in-logs/Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://cfengine.com/product/latest-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://cfengine.com/company/blog-detail/cve-2019-9929-internal-authentication-secrets-leaked-in-logs/Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://cfengine.com/product/latest-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.