What is CVE-2019-7319?

CVE-2019-7319 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Cdh, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2019-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-7319?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Cloudera Cdh

CVE-2019-7319

An issue was discovered in Cloudera Hue 6.0.0 through 6.1.0. When using one of following authentication backends: LdapBackend, PamBackend, SpnegoDjangoBackend, RemoteUserDjangoBackend, SAML2Backend, OpenIDBackend, or OAuthBackend, external users are created with superuser privileges.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2019-11-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.1% 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

Cloudera Cdh — versions 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bulleti… (Vendor Advisory)
docs.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bullet… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7319?: CVE-2019-7319 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Cdh, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2019-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-7319?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.