CVE-2019-18900: libzypp stores cookies world readable
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 13/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: libzypp (Debian:12) 17.25.5-2; libzypp (Debian:8) 14.29.1-2+deb8u1; libsolv (openSUSE:Leap 15.1) 0.7.10-lp151.2.10.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to libzypp (Debian:12) 17.25.5-2; libzypp (Debian:8) 14.29.1-2+deb8u1; libsolv (openSUSE:Leap 15.1) 0.7.10-lp151.2.10.1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
: Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in libzypp of SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allowed local attackers to read a cookie store used by libzypp, exposing private cookies. This issue affects: SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 libzypp versions prior to 16.21.2-27.68.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 libzypp versions prior to 16.21.2-2.45.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 17.19.0-3.34.1.
- Published
- Jan 24, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 23th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-276
Report tools
Action score
13
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 13 / 40 · 3.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 3.3
- CNA · suse
- 4.0
- 0.7 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| suse | caas platform | cpe:2.3:o:suse:caas_platform |
| suse | suse linux enterprise server | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server |
| opensuse | libzypp | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libzypp |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- opensuse libzyppbefore 16.21.2-27.68.1
- opensuse libzyppbefore 16.21.2-2.45.1
- opensuse libzyppbefore 17.19.0-3.34.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (suse). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
- libzypp and later · before 16.21.2-27.68.1affected
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
- libzypp and later · before 16.21.2-2.45.1affected
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
- libzypp 17.19.0-3.34.1affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libzypp | before 17.25.5-2 | 17.25.5-2 |
| Debian:8 | libzypp | before 14.29.1-2+deb8u1 | 14.29.1-2+deb8u1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | libsolv | before 0.7.10-lp151.2.10.1 | 0.7.10-lp151.2.10.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | libzypp | before 17.19.0-lp151.2.10.1 | 17.19.0-lp151.2.10.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | zypper | before 1.14.33-lp151.2.10.1 | 1.14.33-lp151.2.10.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | libzypp | before 17.28.4-1.2 | 17.28.4-1.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | libzypp | before 16.21.2-2.45.1 | 16.21.2-2.45.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | libsolv | before 0.7.10-3.22.1 | 0.7.10-3.22.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | libzypp | before 17.19.0-3.34.1 | 17.19.0-3.34.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | zypper | before 1.14.33-3.29.1 | 1.14.33-3.29.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | libsolv | before 0.7.10-3.13.4 | 0.7.10-3.13.4 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | libzypp | before 17.19.0-3.14.5 | 17.19.0-3.14.5 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | zypper | before 1.14.33-3.13.5 | 1.14.33-3.13.5 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | libzypp | before 16.21.2-27.70.1 | 16.21.2-27.70.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | zypper | before 1.13.57-18.46.3 | 1.13.57-18.46.3 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:libzypp | 17.25.5-2 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:libsolv | 0.7.10-lp151.2.10.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:libzypp | 17.19.0-lp151.2.10.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:zypper | 1.14.33-lp151.2.10.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:libsolv | 0.7.10-3.22.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:libzypp | 16.21.2-2.45.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:zypper | 1.14.33-3.29.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default PermissionsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.