CVE-2019-3462: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 14.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incorrect sanitation of the 302 redirect field in HTTP transport method of apt versions 1.4.8 and earlier can lead to content injection by a MITM attacker, potentially leading to remote code execution on the target machine.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 18.10 only
• Debian Advanced Package Tool: before 1.2.30 (fixed in 1.2.30); from 1.3, up to and including 1.4.8
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Netapp Active Iq: affected versions not specified
• Netapp Element Software: affected versions not specified

Published 2019-01-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.