CVE-2019-15846: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 35.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Exim before 4.92.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a trailing backslash.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Exim Exim: before 4.92.2 (fixed in 4.92.2)

Published 2019-09-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.