Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 31, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-9891
CVE-2019-9891
Description
The function getopt_simple as described in Advanced Bash Scripting Guide (ISBN 978-1435752184) allows privilege escalation and execution of commands when used in a shell script called, for example, via sudo.
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Affected products
1- Advanced Bash Scripting Guide/Advanced Bash Scripting Guidedescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2019-007nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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