7.5

CVE-2019-19724: sylabs singularity Incorrect Default Permissions

Modified
AliasesGHSA-mj73-5x75-9phhopenSUSE-SU-2020:0057-1ALPINE-CVE-2019-19724
Published 18-12-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-19724 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in sylabs singularity. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1037-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11384-1

Timeline

  1. 18-12-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Insecure permissions (777) are set on $HOME/.singularity when it is newly created by Singularity (version from 3.3.0 to 3.5.1), which could lead to an information leak, and malicious redirection of operations performed against Sylabs cloud services.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine1 product
  • singularity≥ 3.3.0, < 3.5.2-r0
Github.com/sylabs1 product
  • singularity≥ 3.3.0, < 3.5.2
Opensuse1 product
  • singularity&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 2.6.1-lp151.2.3.1
Sylabs1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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