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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-14894 · published 22 June 2020

CVE-2019-14894: Redhat cloudforms management engine improper input validation vulnerability

Redhat · Cloudforms Management Engine

A flaw was found in the CloudForms management engine version 5.10 and CloudForms management version 5.11, which triggered remote code execution through NFS schedule backup. An attacker logged into the management console could use this flaw to execute arbitrary shell commands on the CloudForms server as root.

7.2 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 4.1% · top 9.7% CWE-20 · Improper input validationCWE-78 · OS command injection
7.2CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 9.0
4.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A flaw was found in the CloudForms management engine version 5.10 and CloudForms management version 5.11, which triggered remote code execution through NFS schedule backup. An attacker logged into the management console could use this flaw to execute arbitrary shell commands on the CloudForms server as root.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14894 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14894 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-14894), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.