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Full vulnerability report · 2019
CVE-2019-11043High confidence

PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

PHP · FastCGI Process Manager (FPM)

8.7HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Patch now

CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2022-04-15 as the remediation due date.

Patch available
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityHighOperational priority:Critical, raised one band.upgradedsince 25 Mar 2022

Evidence used

  • CISA confirms exploitation in the wild.
  • A structured source references public exploit or proof-of-concept material.
  • The selected CVSS metric records a network-reachable, unauthenticated path with no user interaction.
  • EPSS is 99.78% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
  • Restrict the affected network interface to trusted sources where business-safe.
  • Increase monitoring for the attack path and post-exploitation behaviour described in the report.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 3 daysRemediation target: Within 90 days

This automated reassessment organises public evidence. It does not know asset exposure, business impact or control effectiveness and does not replace CVSS or a human risk decision.

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National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2019-2751

CISA KEV mirrored by ENISA

In PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.33, 7.2.x below 7.2.24 and 7.3.x below 7.3.11 in certain configurations of FPM setup it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers into the space reserved for FCGI protocol data, thus opening the possibility of remote code execution.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Recorded by ENISA since 25 Mar 2022. Evidence sources: cisa_kev.
ENISA score
8.7 · CVSS 3.1
Advisory evidence
19 linked advisory records
Explicit mitigation evidence

Only statements that explicitly mention a fix, patch, update, workaround or mitigation are shown here.

  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2020:2835Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2019:2819-1Security update for php7
  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2019:3300Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-php71-php security update
  • csaf_opensuse · openSUSE-SU-2019:2457-1Security update for php7
  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2019:3724Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-php70-php security update
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2019:2809-1Security update for php7
  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2019:3286Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update
  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2019:3736Red Hat Security Advisory: php:7.3 security update
  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2019:3735Red Hat Security Advisory: php:7.2 security update
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2019:2909-1Security update for php72
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2020:0522-1Security update for php5
  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2019:3287Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update
  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2020:0322Red Hat Security Advisory: php:7.2 security update
  • csaf_opensuse · openSUSE-SU-2019:2441-1Security update for php7
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2022:4067-1Security update for php7
  • csaf_redhat · RHSA-2019:3299Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-php72-php security update
Recommended actionPatch now

CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2022-04-15 as the remediation due date.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In some versions of PHP in certain configurations of FPM setup, it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers allowing the possibility of remote code execution.

What

In some versions of PHP in certain configurations of FPM setup, it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers allowing the possibility of remote code execution.

Why

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.

What

In some versions of PHP in certain configurations of FPM setup, it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers allowing the possibility of remote code execution.

Why

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Confirmed in the wild

CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2022-03-25. Known ransomware campaign use is recorded.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Reference recorded

A structured CVE source labels at least one public reference as exploit material. BlackTree has not independently validated that it is safe, reliable or weaponised.

Likely attack path
a network path → Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') → execute code or commands in the affected security context
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High: exploitation depends on specific conditions
Security boundary
Changed: exploitation can affect a different security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-120 ↗

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'). The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACHighAttack complexity: Successful exploitation depends on specific conditions outside the attacker's direct control.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SChangedScope: The attack can affect a component governed by a different security authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.ANoneAvailability impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
After compromise, an attacker may use built-in shells, scripting engines, scheduled tasks and native network utilities for discovery, persistence or movement. This is a plausible LoTL path, not evidence that it has occurred for every attack.
NetworkUnauthenticatedRemote code executionCWE-120CISA KEVPublic exploit reference
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2019-2751Known-exploited evidence recorded

In PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.33, 7.2.x below 7.2.24 and 7.3.x below 7.3.11 in certain configurations of FPM setup it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers into the space reserved for FCGI protocol data, thus opening the possibility of remote code execution.

Official EUVD record ↗
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · English · AV19-249PHP security advisory

On 24 October 2019 PHP released security updates to address a vulnerability in its FastCGI Process Manager (FPM). This vulnerability affects PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.33, 7.2.x below 7.2.24 and 7.3.x below 7.3.11 in certain configurations of FPM setup. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote actor to execute arbitrary code on the server. Multiple advisories from third-parties have been released and an aggregated list can be found at: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11043

Official advisory ↗
CISA · English · ICSA-26-239-02All-Line Equipment Company Fuel-Boss

Fuel-Boss running versions up to and including PHP 7.1.5 is vulnerable because certain FPM configurations allow the FPM module to write past allocated buffers into space reserved for FCGI protocol data, thereby creating a possible remote code execution condition.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-577Vulnérabilité dans les produits QNAP

Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans les produits QNAP. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2021-AVI-571Multiples vulnérabilités dans Tenable

/security/tns-2021-14 Référence CVE CVE-2016-10735 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10735 Référence CVE CVE-2017-5661 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5661 Référence CVE CVE-2018-14040 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14040 Référence CVE CVE-2018-14042 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14042 Référence CVE CVE-2018-20676 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20676 Référence CVE CVE-2018-20677 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20677 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11041 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11041 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11042 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11042 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11043 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11043 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11044 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11044 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11045 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11045 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11046 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11046 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11047 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11047 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11048 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11048 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11049 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11049 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11050 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11050 Référence CVE CVE-2019-16168 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2020-AVI-063Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple

du 28 janvier 2020 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210919 Bulletin de sécurité Apple HT210920 du 28 janvier 2020 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210920 Bulletin de sécurité Apple HT210921 du 28 janvier 2020 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210921 Bulletin de sécurité Apple HT210922 du 28 janvier 2020 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210922 Bulletin de sécurité Apple HT210923 du 28 janvier 2020 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210923 Bulletin de sécurité Apple HT210947 du 28 janvier 2020 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210947 Bulletin de sécurité Apple HT210948 du 28 janvier 2020 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210948 Référence CVE CVE-2019-11043 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11043 Référence CVE CVE-2019-18634 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18634 Référence CVE CVE-2020-3825 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3825 Référence CVE CVE-2020-3826 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3826 Référence CVE CVE-2020-3827 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3827 Référence CVE CVE-2020-3828 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3828 Référence CVE CVE-2020-3829 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3829 Référence CVE CVE-2020-3830 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3830 Référence CVE CVE-2020-3831 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3831

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2019-AVI-534Multiples vulnérabilités dans PHP

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans PHP. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur et une exécution de code arbitraire à distance.

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2019-011337PHP における境界外書き込みに関する脆弱性

PHP には、境界外書き込みに関する脆弱性が存在します。

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
PHP: 7.2.x < 7.2.24, 7.1.x < 7.1.33, 7.3.x < 7.3.11
Fixed
An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 28 Oct 2019 · Last source change 21 Oct 2025, 23:45 UTC · CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-09-01
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2019-2751
Product sourceCISA KEV
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD enriched

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

View recent updates ↗
  1. ENISA known-exploited stateENISA EUVD now records this CVE in its known-exploited dataset.
    Before
    not listed in ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset
    After
    listed in ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset (EUVD-2019-2751)
    ENISA EUVD ↗
  2. ENISA EUVD mappingEUVD-2019-2751 was added to the official ENISA EUVD mapping for this CVE.
    Before
    not recorded
    After
    {"euvdId":"EUVD-2019-2751"}
    ENISA EUVD ↗
  3. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    7.1.x < 7.1.33; 7.2.x < 7.2.24; 7.3.x < 7.3.11 · Fixed: An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
    After
    PHP: 7.1.x < 7.1.33, 7.2.x < 7.2.24, 7.3.x < 7.3.11 · Fixed: An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
    CNA ↗
  4. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: added patch: bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78599; added remediation: bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78599; removed vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2019:3286; removed vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2019:3287; 15 further removals.
    Before
    vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2019:3286 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2019:3287 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2019:3299 · 14 more references
    After
    patch: bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78599 · remediation: bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78599
    bugs.php.net ↗
  5. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    7.1.x < 7.1.33; 7.2.x < 7.2.24; 7.3.x < 7.3.11 · Fixed: No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
    After
    7.1.x < 7.1.33; 7.2.x < 7.2.24; 7.3.x < 7.3.11 · Fixed: An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
    CNA ↗
  6. Remediation statusRemediation status changed from Awaiting fix to Patch available.
    Before
    Awaiting fix
    After
    Patch available
    bugs.php.net ↗
  7. Public exploit evidencePublic exploit evidence changed from No public exploit to Public exploit reference.
    Before
    No public exploit
    After
    Public exploit reference
    github.com ↗
  8. Catalogue recordCVE added to the BlackTree catalogue.
    CNA ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2019-11043 · cve.blacktree.nl