CVE-2019-20044

zsh: The zsh shell is a command interpreter usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor

CVE-2019-20044 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2020:0903, released March 19, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0050
42nd percentile

The zsh shell is a command interpreter usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Zsh resembles the ksh shell (the Korn shell), but includes many enhancements. Zsh supports command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and more. Security Fix(es): * zsh: insecure dropping of privileges when unsetting PRIVILEGED option (CVE-2019-20044) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
zsh · RHEL 8 0:5.5.1-6.el8_1.2 RHSA-2020:0903 Mar 19, 2020
zsh · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 5.4.2-3ubuntu3.2 zsh 5.4.2-3ubuntu3.2 Feb 14, 2022
zsh · ol 8 0:5.5.1-6.el8_1.2 ELSA-2020-0903 Mar 19, 2020
zsh-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 5.4.2-3ubuntu3.2 zsh-common 5.4.2-3ubuntu3.2 Feb 14, 2022
zsh-html · RHEL 8 0:5.5.1-6.el8_1.2 RHSA-2020:0903 Mar 19, 2020
zsh-html · ol 8 0:5.5.1-6.el8_1.2 ELSA-2020-0903 Mar 19, 2020
zsh-static · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 5.4.2-3ubuntu3.2 zsh-static 5.4.2-3ubuntu3.2 Feb 14, 2022

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