{
    "id": "CVE-2019-15846",
    "published": "2019-09-06 11:15:11",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:21:12",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.",
    "epss_score": "0.35736",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98422",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:23",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 35.7% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "exim",
            "product": "exim"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00024.html",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/2",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/4",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/5",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/6",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/8",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/07/2",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/08/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/09/1",
        "https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00004.html",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FT3GY7V7SR2RHKNZNQCGXFWUSILVSZNU/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDF37AUNETIOXY6ZLQAUBGBVUTMMV242/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBNHDAF74RI6VK2JVSEIE3VYNL7JJDYM/",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/13",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-06",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-2/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4517",
        "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/672565",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/06/1",
        "http://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-15846.txt",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00024.html"
    ]
}