{
    "id": "CVE-2019-16278",
    "published": "2019-10-14 17:15:09",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:22:03",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-22",
    "description": "Directory Traversal in the function http_verify in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via a crafted HTTP request.",
    "epss_score": "0.99033",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99930",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2024-11-28",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:24:50",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2024-11-28."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "nazgul",
            "product": "nostromo_nhttpd"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2019-16278",
        "date_added": "2024-11-07",
        "due_date": "2024-11-28",
        "vendor": "Nostromo",
        "product": "nhttpd",
        "name": "Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "47837",
            "title": "nostromo 1.9.6 - Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2020-01-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47837"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "47573",
            "title": "Nostromo - Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2019-11-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47573"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt",
        "https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits",
        "https://sp0re.sh",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt",
        "https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits",
        "https://sp0re.sh",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16278"
    ]
}