CVE-2019-6338: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.0. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Drupal Core versions 7.x prior to 7.62, 8.6.x prior to 8.6.6 and 8.5.x prior to 8.5.9; Drupal core uses the third-party PEAR Archive_Tar library. This library has released a security update which impacts some Drupal configurations. Refer to CVE-2018-1000888 for details

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Drupal Drupal: from 7.0, before 7.62 (fixed in 7.62); from 8.5.0, before 8.5.9 (fixed in 8.5.9); from 8.6.0, before 8.6.6 (fixed in 8.6.6)

Published 2019-01-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.