What is CVE-2019-19501?

CVE-2019-19501 is a high-severity vulnerability in Idrix Veracrypt. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-19501?

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

Vulnerability in Idrix Veracrypt

CVE-2019-19501

VeraCrypt 1.24 allows Local Privilege Escalation during execution of VeraCryptExpander.exe.

Published 2019-12-13 · 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 (37.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.9% 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

Idrix Veracrypt — versions 1.24

References

www.veracrypt.fr/en/Release Notes.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19501?: CVE-2019-19501 is a high-severity vulnerability in Idrix Veracrypt. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-19501?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.