CVE-2019-7306: Byobu

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Byobu Apport hook may disclose sensitive information since it automatically uploads the local user's .screenrc which may contain private hostnames, usernames and passwords. This issue affects: byobu

Affected products

• Byobu Byobu: affected versions not specified
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 18.10 only; version 19.04 only

Published 2020-04-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.