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CVE-2019-13638

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 4.49% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-07-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit
GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗
External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2019-13638
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.49%

Original NVD Description

GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch file that contains an ed style diff payload with shell metacharacters. The ed editor does not need to be present on the vulnerable system. This is different from CVE-2018-1000156.