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Vulnerability details: VCID-kxps-vxqz-wqfq
Vulnerability ID VCID-kxps-vxqz-wqfq
Aliases CVE-2019-13636
Summary In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.3
Risk 2.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-13636.json
epss 0.04327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-13636
epss 0.04327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-13636
epss 0.04327 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-13636
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-13636.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-13636
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20969
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13636
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13638
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1732781 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732781
932401 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=932401
GLSA-201908-22 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-22
RHSA-2020:1852 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1852
USN-4071-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1/
USN-4071-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-13636.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89094
EPSS Score 0.04327
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:06:36.830543+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0