What is CVE-2018-19637?

CVE-2018-19637 is a low-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Supportutils, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2019-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-19637?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Supportutils

CVE-2018-19637

Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, wrote data to static file /tmp/supp_log, allowing local attackers to overwrite files on systems without symlink protection

Published 2019-03-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.8 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Supportutils
SUSE Supportutils — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19637?: CVE-2018-19637 is a low-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Supportutils, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2019-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-19637?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.