CVE-2019-5443 — A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path ...

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented patch — www.openwall.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — curl.haxx.se (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Haxx Curl, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager…).
2. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
3. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (file handling), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.69%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
• Monitor file creation in web directories and paths with traversal sequences (../).

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Record published
  Oct 14, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Affected products added · haxx/curl, oracle/enterprise manager ops center, oracle/http server, oracle/mysql server, oracle/oss support tools, neta
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 7.8
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 14, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
• 2019
• CVE published
  Jul 2, 2019 · hackerone

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

References

11 on the record

• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5443.html
  Patch, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/1
  Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-79v3-h2vf-vcg6
  GitHub Security Advisories
• www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881
  Broken Link, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
  NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002
  GitHub Security Advisories
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5443
  GitHub Security Advisories
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/
  Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• High CVE-2026-46863 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Oracle Mysql Cluster Jun 17, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-7009 OCSP stapling bypass with Apple SecTrust May 13, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-7168 cross-proxy Digest auth state leak May 13, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-6429 netrc credential leak with reused proxy connection May 13, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-6253 proxy credentials leak over redirect-to proxy May 13, 2026
• High CVE-2026-6276 stale custom cookie host causes cookie leak May 13, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No CISA SSVC assessment.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2019-5443 is "A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path ...", rated High. It affects Curl (Haxx); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.69% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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