Security advisory

{
  "id": "111b22b2d5c2fb3c4385754e632b2fba66e31f2456c6c1c2fd69d455d813e09c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13640",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-13640",
    "summary": "In qBittorrent before 4.1.7, the function Application::runExternalProgram() located in app/application.cpp allows command injection via shell metacharacters in the torrent name parameter or current tracker parameter, as demonstrated by remote command execution via a crafted name within an RSS feed.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-13640",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-13640",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-13640"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/qbittorrent/qbittorrent",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "05a82afeb6c927bfc0cda4fe8fb25ecc3faecd86"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:qbittorrent:qbittorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.1.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "release-4.1.6",
            "release-4.1.5",
            "release-4.1.4",
            "release-4.1.3",
            "release-4.1.2",
            "release-4.1.1",
            "release-4.1.0",
            "release-3.0.0",
            "release-2.9.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-13640.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:20.870211274Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T4XAX2VUI4WMAS5AI4OE3OEQSQCDCF5/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH3WYCKODG4OKMC4S6PWHLHAWWU6ORNC/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4650",
        "https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/10925"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-13640",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383579,
  "published_at": "2019-07-17T22:15:10.583+00:00"
}