An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than…
Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-252Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than OpenBSD. On platforms without strtonum(3), sscanf was used without checking for error cases. Instead, the uninitialized variable errstr was checked and in some cases returned success even if sscanf failed. The result was that, instead of reporting that the supplied username or group name did not exist, it would execute the command as root.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02109 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
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:doas_project:doas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 6.2 | Vulnerable | Doas Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:doas_project:doas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.2 Vulnerable ·Doas Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-15900
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-687w-xp39-q584
References
More Doas Project Doas vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-11952 An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-15900 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-15900 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-687w-xp39-q584 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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