CVE-2019-7178
Pexip Infinity before 20.1 allows privilege escalation by restoring a system backup.
Pexip Infinity before 20.1 allows privilege escalation by restoring a system backup.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Pexip Infinity before 20.1 allows privilege escalation by restoring a system backup.
- Record
CVE-2019-7178- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Pexip Infinity before 20.1 allows privilege escalation by restoring a system backup.
- Record
CVE-2019-7178- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-16722 No score
Pexip Infinity before 20.1 allows privilege escalation by restoring a system backup.
- Record
EUVD-2019-16722- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7m9j-x85g-gf4r No score
Pexip Infinity before 20.1 allows privilege escalation by restoring a system backup.
Pexip Infinity before 20.1 allows privilege escalation by restoring a system backup.
- Record
GHSA-7m9j-x85g-gf4r- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-7178 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Pexip Infinity, published September 25, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.