CVE-2019-3689: Linux-Nfs Nfs-Utils

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2 the directory /var/lib/nfs is owned by statd:nogroup. This directory contains files owned and managed by root. If statd is compromised, it can therefore trick processes running with root privileges into creating/overwriting files anywhere on the system.

Affected products

• Linux-Nfs Nfs-Utils: up to and including 1.3.0-34.18.1; up to and including 2.1.1-6.10.2

Published 2019-09-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.