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CVE-2019-15897

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15897 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting ThinkParQ BeeGFS through version 7.1.3, specifically within the beegfs-ctl component. This flaw allows an attacker on the same network segment as a BeeGFS metadata server to bypass authentication, potentially gaining full control over the system with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the vulnerability is critical with a CVSS score of 9.6 and has garnered significant community discussion, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploits available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thinkparq:beegfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.6CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0305 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 64 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 1.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/155573/BeeGFS-7.1.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
MitigationThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Dec/7
Mailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
hpcsec.com / 2019/12/04/cve-2019-15897
MitigationThird Party Advisory