Is CVE-2019-20138 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-20138 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-20138?

CVE-2019-20138 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-20138?

CVE-2019-20138 has an EPSS score of 0.83% (54th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-20138?

Upgrade http authentication library to 2019-12-27 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-20138

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The HTTP Authentication library before 2019-12-27 for Nim has weak password hashing because the default algorithm for libsodium's crypto_pwhash_str is not used.

CWE-327 CWE-916

How to fix

Remediation Available

http authentication libraryNVD

Affected:< 2019-12-27Fixed in:2019-12-27CVE-2019-20138derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

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CVE-2015-2808	Low	3.7	74%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-34039	Critical	9.8	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6602	Critical	9.8	55%	-	-
CVE-2014-8687	Critical	9.8	44%	-	-
CVE-2020-13777	High	7.4	18%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-17428	Medium	5.9	15%	-	-

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