CVE-2019-19316
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Terraform
When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP.
- Record
CVE-2019-19316- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP.
- Record
CVE-2019-19316- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1091 No score
When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1091- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h3p9-wrgx-82cm
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Terraform
When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP.
Specific Go Packages Affected
github.com/hashicorp/terraform/backend/remote-state/azure
- Record
GHSA-h3p9-wrgx-82cm- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP.
- Record
CVE-2019-19316- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h3p9-wrgx-82cm
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Terraform
When using the Azure backend with a shared access signature (SAS), Terraform versions prior to 0.12.17 may transmit the token and state snapshot using cleartext HTTP.
Specific Go Packages Affected
github.com/hashicorp/terraform/backend/remote-state/azure
- Record
GHSA-h3p9-wrgx-82cm- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2022-0839 No score
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Terraform in github.com/hashicorp/terraform
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Terraform in github.com/hashicorp/terraform
- Record
GO-2022-0839- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11429-1 No score
terraform-0.14.10-1.12 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the terraform-0.14.10-1.12 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11429-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:0320-1 No score
Security update for terraform
This update for terraform to version 0.12.19 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-19316: Fixed an information leak where SAS token could be transfered in cleartext (bsc#1158440).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2020:0320-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/hashicorp/terraformGo |
before 0.12.17 | 0.12.17 |
terraformSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 |
before 0.12.19-3.6.1 | 0.12.19-3.6.1 |
terraformopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 0.14.10-1.12 | 0.14.10-1.12 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-19316 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Hashicorp Terraform, published December 2, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/terraform 0.12.17.