What is CVE-2018-19638?

CVE-2018-19638 is a low-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Supportutils, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 2.2/10. Published 2019-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-19638?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Supportutils

CVE-2018-19638

In supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1 and if pacemaker is installed on the system, an unprivileged user could have overwritten arbitrary files in the directory that is used by supportutils to collect the log files.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.2 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · 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-2018-19638?: CVE-2018-19638 is a low-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Supportutils, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 2.2/10. Published 2019-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-19638?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.2 out of 10.