CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-20044
In Zsh before 5.8, attackers able to execute commands can regain privileges dropped by the --no-PRIVILEGED option. Zsh fails to overwrite the saved uid, so the original privileges can be restored by executing MODULE_PATH=/dir/with/module zmodload with a module that calls setuid().
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-273
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apple:ipados
- apple:iphone_os
- apple:mac_os_x
- apple:tvos
- apple:watchos
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- zsh:zsh