maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.
Priority LOW 36Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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
maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0118 67th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-18862
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rww3-9vvq-977p
References
More GNU Mailutils vulnerabilities
- TI-2005-02726 Format string vulnerability in search.c in the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.6 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2005-01445 Format string vulnerability in imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and 0.6, and other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2005-01442 Buffer overflow in the header_get_field_name function in header.c for GNU Mailutils 0.5… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2005-01443 Integer overflow in the fetch_io function of the imap4d server in GNU Mailutils 0.5 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2005-01731 The sql_escape_string function in auth/sql.c for the mailutils SQL authentication module… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2004-00891 Unknown vulnerability in the dotlock implementation in mailutils before 1:0.5-4 on Debian… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2019-18862 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-18862 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rww3-9vvq-977p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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