CVE-2019-3831

highpriority · track · 27OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.03% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability was discovered in vdsm, version 4.19 through 4.30.3 and 4.30.5 through 4.30.8. The systemd_run function exposed to the vdsm system user could be abused to execute arbitrary commands as root.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedredhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.2-8.3.el7.src as a component of RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0457
Fixedredhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.2-8.3.el7.x86_64 as a component of RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0457
Fixedredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20190219.0.el7_6.src as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0457
Fixedredhat-virtualization-host-image-update-0:4.2-20190219.0.el7_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0457
Fixedredhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-0:4.2-8.3.el7.noarch as a component of RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0457

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–9

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.06.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.06.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 0.5 · impact 5.9

v3.06.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-77USCWE-863USCWE-863USCWE-863US

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

[UNKNOWN] vdsm≤ 4.30.9enisa_euvdEU
Ovirt vdsm4.19 → 4.30.3fstec_bduRU
Ovirt vdsm4.30.5 → 4.30.8fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Storage≤ 3fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Virtualization≤ 4fstec_bduRU
ovirt vdsm4.19 → 4.30.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ovirt:vdsm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ovirt vdsm4.30.5 → 4.30.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ovirt:vdsm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat gluster storage= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.2-8.3.el7.src as a component of RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.2-8.3.el7.x86_64 as a component of RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20190219.0.el7_6.src as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-0:4.2-20190219.0.el7_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-0:4.2-8.3.el7.noarch as a component of RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2019:0457Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-virtualization-host security update2019-03-05csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for redhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-03-25modified 2026-06-17

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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