7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2019-19886
Trustwave ModSecurity Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

Trustwave ModSecurity 3.0.0 through 3.0.3 allows an attacker to send crafted requests that may, when sent quickly in large volumes, lead to the server becoming slow or unresponsive (Denial of Service) because of a flaw in Transaction::addRequestHeader in transaction.cc.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 21, 2020, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 3, 2025, 8:59 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-19886 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Trustwave modsecurity
1 Owasp modsecurity
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
The libmodsecurity package is vulnerable to a denial of service. Updating the package will resolve the vulnerability.
  • Update the libmodsecurity package.
  • Reboot the system if required.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-19886 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-19886 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-19886 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-19886 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-19886 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 03, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 from (including) 3.0.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 from (including) 3.0.3
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWVUC54OPU7ICFYIXXVGQ5DOTMR4Z6ZY/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JI3MNFRNUZD6RAJ5CPQZSUXQXDZ2K7IL/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M7IIUNYIEZOWHRWWRVT3FR45MLE6HGDY/
    Added Reference https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-denial-of-service-details-cve-2019-19886/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M7IIUNYIEZOWHRWWRVT3FR45MLE6HGDY/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWVUC54OPU7ICFYIXXVGQ5DOTMR4Z6ZY/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JI3MNFRNUZD6RAJ5CPQZSUXQXDZ2K7IL/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M7IIUNYIEZOWHRWWRVT3FR45MLE6HGDY/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GWVUC54OPU7ICFYIXXVGQ5DOTMR4Z6ZY/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JI3MNFRNUZD6RAJ5CPQZSUXQXDZ2K7IL/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GWVUC54OPU7ICFYIXXVGQ5DOTMR4Z6ZY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GWVUC54OPU7ICFYIXXVGQ5DOTMR4Z6ZY/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JI3MNFRNUZD6RAJ5CPQZSUXQXDZ2K7IL/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JI3MNFRNUZD6RAJ5CPQZSUXQXDZ2K7IL/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M7IIUNYIEZOWHRWWRVT3FR45MLE6HGDY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M7IIUNYIEZOWHRWWRVT3FR45MLE6HGDY/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JI3MNFRNUZD6RAJ5CPQZSUXQXDZ2K7IL/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GWVUC54OPU7ICFYIXXVGQ5DOTMR4Z6ZY/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M7IIUNYIEZOWHRWWRVT3FR45MLE6HGDY/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-denial-of-service-details-cve-2019-19886/ No Types Assigned https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-denial-of-service-details-cve-2019-19886/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-404
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (including) 3.0.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.01 }} 2.30%

score

0.88021

percentile