What is CVE-2019-3831?

CVE-2019-3831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Vdsm, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-3831?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Ovirt Vdsm

CVE-2019-3831

A vulnerability was discovered in vdsm, version 4.19 through 4.30.3 and 4.30.5 through 4.30.8. The systemd_run function exposed to the vdsm system user could be abused to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2019-03-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (63.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ovirt Vdsm
[Unknown] Vdsm — versions 4.30.9
Red Hat Gluster Storage — versions 3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3831?: CVE-2019-3831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Vdsm, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-3831?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.