Security advisory

{
  "id": "928fc849ab099b1ca1d10abe068b2d03dfaabce0dcf59194859e18c103bcc1e3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-7443",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-7443",
    "summary": "KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Certain types can cause crashes, and trigger the decoding of arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins. In other words, KAuth unintentionally causes this plugin code to run as root, which increases the severity of any possible exploitation of a plugin vulnerability.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-7443",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-7443",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-7443"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kde/kauth",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b1df53835b40bd101e5a83496b5ba9f81b9d4152"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.55.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v4.100.0-rc1",
            "v4.98.0",
            "v4.97.0",
            "v4.96.0",
            "v4.95.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-7443.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:53.180065408Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAWLQKTUQJOAPXOFWJQAQCA4LVM2P45F/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXVUJNXB6QKGPT6YJPJSG3U2BIR5XK5Y/",
        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124863",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=fc70fb0161c1b9144d26389434d34dd135cd3f4a"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "28"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "28"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "29"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "29"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "42.3"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "42.3"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-7443",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437858,
  "published_at": "2019-05-07T19:29:01.41+00:00"
}