CVE-2019-11483 Information disclosure in apport

High 7.0 Published 8 Feb 2020 Updated 3 Nov 2025

A local attacker can read crash reports from privileged processes due to improper handling of container-originated dumps in Apport.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2019-11483?

CVE-2019-11483 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11483?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apport Project Apport, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11483?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-11483 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-43q8-jq5v-77gp, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11483.