What is CVE-2019-19940?

CVE-2019-19940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swisscom Centro Grande, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-19940?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Swisscom Centro Grande

CVE-2019-19940

Incorrect input sanitation in text-oriented user interfaces (telnet, ssh) in Swisscom Centro Grande before 6.16.12 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via command injection.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.swisscom.ch/content/dam/swisscom/de/about/nachhaltigkeit/digitale-schweiz/s… (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
www.swisscom.ch/en/residential/help/device/internet-router.html (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19940?: CVE-2019-19940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swisscom Centro Grande, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-19940?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.