High
Security advisory
virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-13314
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py.
osv:CVE-2019-13314
Complete source record
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"references": [
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"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKMQLYAHCDIE5TBXWDNBG7554KWI5QT3/",
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