What is CVE-2019-15149?

CVE-2019-15149 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Networkgenomics Mitogen, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-15149?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Networkgenomics Mitogen

CVE-2019-15149

core.py in Mitogen before 0.2.8 has a typo that drops the unidirectional-routing protection mechanism in the case of a child that is initiated by another child. The Ansible extension is unaffected. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because it is exploitable only in conjunction with hypothetical other factors, i.e., an affected use case within a library caller, and a bug in the message receiver policy code that led to reliance on this extra protection mechanism

EPSS: 0.016 (74.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Networkgenomics Mitogen
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15149?: CVE-2019-15149 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Networkgenomics Mitogen, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-15149?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.