Altair PBS Professional through 19.1.2 allows Privilege Escalation because an attacker…
Priority LOW 39Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Altair PBS Professional through 19.1.2 allows Privilege Escalation because an attacker can send a message directly to pbs_mom, which fails to properly authenticate the message. This results in code execution as an arbitrary user.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0197 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:altair:pbs_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 13.0.0 to before 13.0.412; 14.0.0 to before 14.2.7; 18.0.0 to before 18.2.5; 19.1.0 to before 19.1.3; 19.2.0 to before 19.2.4 | Vulnerable | Altair |
- cpe:2.3:a:altair:pbs_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.0.0 to before 13.0.412; 14.0.0 to before 14.2.7; 18.0.0 to before 18.2.5; 19.1.0 to before 19.1.3; 19.2.0 to before 19.2.4 Vulnerable ·Altair
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-15719
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hr4v-jcmg-42h2
References
Sources
- CVE-2019-15719 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-15719 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hr4v-jcmg-42h2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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