VDB-141528 · CVE-2019-12105 · Nessus 255171

supervisor up to 4.0.2 supervisord missing authentication ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in supervisor up to 4.0.2. This affects an unknown part of the component supervisord. The manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-12105. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The existence of this vulnerability is still disputed at present. It is advisable to use an alternative in place of the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in supervisor up to 4.0.2. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component supervisord. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In supervisord in Supervisor through 4.0.2, an unauthenticated user can read log files or restart a service. WARNING: This issue will not be fixed by the maintainer. The ability to run an open server will not be removed because users often use it for local development, therefore no action will be taken.

The weakness was presented 09/10/2019. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-12105 since 05/15/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 255171 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-12105), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (255171). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Name

supervisor

Version

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://github.com/Supervisor/supervisor/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 255171
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-12105

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Alternative
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

05/15/2019 🔍
09/10/2019 +118 days 🔍
09/11/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/26/2025 +2176 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 4e334d9cf2a1daff685893e35e72398437df3dcb
Status: Confirmed
Disputed: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2019-12105 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-12105
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-141528

Entryinfo

Created: 09/11/2019 07:11
Updated: 08/26/2025 19:18
Changes: 09/11/2019 07:11 (36), 08/18/2020 20:10 (17), 12/19/2023 08:10 (5), 06/11/2024 22:36 (15), 08/05/2024 02:02 (4), 08/26/2025 19:18 (7)
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