CVE-2019-11068

libxslt through 1.1.33 allows bypass of a protection mechanism because callers of xsltCheckRead and xsltCheckWrite permit access even upon receiving a -1 error code. xsltCheckRead can return -1 for a crafted URL that is not actually invalid and is subsequently loaded.

Published: 2019-04-10 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2019-11068 is rated High Risk (75.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.23%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11068

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.13% 5.23% +4.10%
2 2026-03-19 1.01% 1.13% +0.12%
3 2025-12-28 — 1.01% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11068

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11068

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-11068

GHSA-qxcg-xjjg-66mj · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: rubygems — Nokogiri vulnerable to libxslt protection mechanism bypass

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-11068

vendor priority summary link
alpine critical CVE-2019-11068: 1 source package rows (libxslt); 20 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 15, open 5. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-11068
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-11068 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxslt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11068
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11068
suse medium CVE-2019-11068 severity moderate: SUSE including 756 source package names (0.45.0.7.7.1:libxslt1-1.1.32-3.3.1, 1.19-3.1:libxslt1-1.1.32-3.3.1, …), 1380 product×package rows across 130 product lines (Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller, Container ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi, … (130 product lines)): Fixed 1147, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11068/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-11068 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libxslt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11068

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11068

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xmlsoft libxslt <= 1.1.33 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 29 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:8.0:update_221:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp cloud_backup — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_management_plug-ins — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_management_plug-ins:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vcenter:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_os_controller >= 11.0, <= 11.70.2 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_storage_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_storage_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_web_services_proxy — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_web_services_proxy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp element_software — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_management_node — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp plug-in_for_symantec_netbackup — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:plug-in_for_symantec_netbackup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp santricity_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:santricity_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snapmanager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:sap:*:*
netapp snapmanager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:-:*:*:*:oracle:*:*
netapp solidfire — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11068

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00052.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00053.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/22/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/23/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/e03553605b45c88f0b4b2980adfbbb8f6fca2fd6 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36TEYN37XCCKN2XUMRTBBW67BPNMSW4K/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCOAX2IHUMKCM3ILHTMGLHCDSBTLP2JU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3947-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3947-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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