What is CVE-2019-16406?

CVE-2019-16406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Centreon Web, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-16406?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-16406 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Centreon Web

CVE-2019-16406

Centreon Web 19.04.4 has weak permissions within the OVA (aka VMware virtual machine) and OVF (aka VirtualBox virtual machine) files, allowing attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Centreon-autodisco executable file that is launched by cron.

Published 2019-11-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.4% 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

Centreon Web — versions 19.04.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Public proof-of-concept exploits

SpengeSec/CVE-2019-19699

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16406?: CVE-2019-16406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Centreon Web, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-16406?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16406 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.