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CVE-2019-0191

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-0191 is a Zip-slip vulnerability affecting Apache Karaf releases prior to 4.2.3, allowing an authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files to the filesystem due to improper path validation during .kar archive extraction. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to high integrity impact, though its impact is limited if the Karaf process has restricted filesystem permissions. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:karaf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0486 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.karaf:karafFixed in: 4.2.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.karaf:apache-karafFixed in: 4.2.3
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: opendaylight

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-869j-5855-hjpmmedium

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.karaf:apache-karaf and org.apache.karaf:karaf

Mar 25, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-0191Low

karaf: Zip-slip vulnerability via kar file

Mar 7, 2019

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/6856aa7ed7dd805eaf65d0e5e95027dda3b2307aacd1ab4a838c5cd1%40%3Cuser.karaf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/cef9a2d4b547625e5214684283ac5c59c9d9740e092e777dc3f85070%40%3Ccommits.karaf.apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/107462
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry