What is CVE-2019-1020009?

CVE-2019-1020009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fleet, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2019-1020009?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fleet

CVE-2019-1020009

Fleet before 2.1.2 allows exposure of SMTP credentials.

Published 2019-07-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fleet — versions >2.0.2 < 2.1.2
Kolide Fleet

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

github.com/kolide/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-6g7f-8qm4-f7h8 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1020009?: CVE-2019-1020009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fleet, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2019-1020009?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.