CVE-2019-19726

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 12, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenBSD

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

OpenBSD through 6.6 allows local users to escalate to root because a check for LD_LIBRARY_PATH in setuid programs can be defeated by setting a very small RLIMIT_DATA resource limit. When executing chpass or passwd (which are setuid root), _dl_setup_env in ld.so tries to strip LD_LIBRARY_PATH from the environment, but fails when it cannot allocate memory. Thus, the attacker is able to execute their own library code as root.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 6.6

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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