SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2019-16278

CVE-2019-16278 on CISA KEV

Directory Traversal in the function http_verify in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via a crafted HTTP request.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Vendor / Product
— / Nostromo / nhttpd
Added to KEV
2024-11-07
BOD 22-01 due
2024-11-28
Ransomware use
Unknown
CVSS / EPSS
· EPSS 94.39%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

Directory Traversal in the function http_verify in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via a crafted HTTP request.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

VendorProductVersions
na / n/an/a

06Detection

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