Is CVE-2019-14287 being actively exploited?

CVE-2019-14287 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-14287?

CVE-2019-14287 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2019-14287

HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 63.8%EU EUVD

In Sudo before 1.8.28, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can bypass certain policy blacklists and session PAM modules, and can cause incorrect logging, by invoking sudo with a crafted user ID. For example, this allows bypass of !root configuration, and USER= logging, for a "sudo -u \#$((0xffffffff))" command.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-755
EPSS score: 63.8% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2019-5514)
Published: October 17, 2019
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2019-5514 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
netapp / element software management node
opensuse / leap
opensuse / leap
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / openshift container platform
redhat / virtualization
sudo project / sudo

Certified products that may be affected

27 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5513 - active
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, LLC - FIPS 140 5461 - active
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5089 - active
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4642 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4458 - historical

See all 27 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00042.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00047.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154853/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sudo-Updates.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/14/1(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/14/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3248(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3197(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3204(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3205(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3209(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3219(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3278(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3694(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3754(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3755(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3895(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3916(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3941(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4191(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0388(Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00022.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IP7SIOAVLSKJGMTIULX52VQUPTVSC43U/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NPLAM57TPJQGKQMNG6RHFBLACD6K356N/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TUVAOZBYUHZS56A5FQSCDVGXT7PW7FL2/
https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/new-vulnerability-in-sudo-cve-2019-14287(Third Party Advisory)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/20(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/21(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-12(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0003/(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53746212?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03976en_us(Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4154-1/(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4543(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/15/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/minus_1_uid.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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