CVE-2019-13314 describes a vulnerability in virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 where a local user can discover the root password. This occurs because the password may be exposed in the process list when passed via the --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk. It allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. The CVE has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness or perceived threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virt-bootstrap:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.