CVE-2019-7617
When the Elastic APM agent for Python versions before 5.1.0 is run as a CGI script, there is a variable name clash flaw if a remote…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
When the Elastic APM agent for Python versions before 5.1.0 is run as a CGI script, there is a variable name clash flaw if a remote attacker can control the proxy header. This could result in an attacker redirecting collected APM data to a proxy of their choosing.
Timeline
ID reserved
By elastic
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
Elastic · Elastic APM agent for Python
- affected before 5.1.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIelastic-apmGHSA-22jh-6gx8-f944 (opens in a new tab)
References
References2
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-for-python-5-1-0-security-update/196145 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0048 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-22jh-6gx8-f944 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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