CVE-2019-6724
N/A
Published: March 18, 2019 at 07:12 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVPN Client· also runs on 3 platforms
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
The barracudavpn component of the Barracuda VPN Client prior to version 5.0.2.7 for Linux, macOS, and OpenBSD runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged local attacker to load a malicious library, resulting in arbitrary code executing as root.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 5.0.2.7
Affected range stops below 5.0.2.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · openbsd-openbsd (environment)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://campus.barracuda.com/product/networkaccessclient/doc/78154147/release-notes-barracuda-vpn-client-for-macos/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.mirch.io/2019/02/14/cve-2019-6724-barracuda-vpn-client-privilege-escalation-on-linux-and-macos/x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://campus.barracuda.com/product/networkaccessclient/doc/78154149/release-notes-barracuda-vpn-client-for-linux/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426
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