CVE-2019-0211

What the flaw is

Apache HTTP Server, with MPM event, worker or prefork, code executing in less-privileged child processes or threads (including scripts executed by an in-process scripting interpreter) could execute code with the privileges of the parent process (usually root) by manipulating the scoreboard.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

57 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. That volume usually means a reliable, widely-reproduced exploit. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

• 0xT11/CVE-POC
• 0xbigshaq/php7-internals
• ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• Awrrays/FrameVul
• Blacloud226/sao
• FishyStix12/WHPython_v1.02
• FishyStix12/WHPython_v1.1
• Hughes-Actual/Recon-Assignment-Hughes

Showing 8 of 57. Full list in the trickest/cve dataset.

Vendor advisories

• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0211

Primary sources

• NVD entry — CVSS score, CPE list and references
• CISA KEV catalog — the source for this page
• CVE Record at cve.org