Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2022-01-10. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date: 2022-07-10. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
exim / exim
Default status: Not specified
- affected: 4.92
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/05/2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4010-1/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/05/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/05/4
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4456
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/5
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201906-01
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/06/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108679
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00020.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/25/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/25/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/26/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10149
- https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2019-10149.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153218/Exim-4.9.1-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153312/Exim-4.91-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154198/Exim-4.91-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-10149
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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}06 Nov 2026, 12:20 Jerusalem · CVE Program record changed
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}03 Nov 2026, 02:22 Jerusalem · CISA KEV status changed
Stored KEV snapshot at this observation.
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