CVE-2019-19522
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.5%
OpenBSD 6.6, in a non-default configuration where S/Key or YubiKey authentication is enabled, allows local users to become root by leveraging membership in the auth group. This occurs because root's file can be written to /etc/skey or /var/db/yubikey, and need not be owned by root.
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 39th percentile
- Published
- 2019-12-04
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- retrymp3/Openbsd-Privilege-Escalation2★ · 2025-07-13