High
Security advisory
In Webmin through 1.910, any user authorized to the "Package Updates" module can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the data parameter to update.cgi.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-12840
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Webmin through 1.910, any user authorized to the "Package Updates" module can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the data parameter to update.cgi.
osv:CVE-2019-12840
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:47.859313916Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://pentest.com.tr/exploits/Webmin-1910-Package-Updates-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46984"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2019-06-15T20:29:00.287+00:00"
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