CVE-2019-16278
Published 2019-10-14 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2019-16278 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Nostromo nhttpd. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 7, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by November 28, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns.
All 1 known-exploited Nostromo vulnerabilities →Description
Directory Traversal in the function http_verify in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via a crafted HTTP request.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Nostromo — nhttpd
Name: Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Date added: 2024-11-07 · Due: 2024-11-28
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt
- https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits
- https://sp0re.sh
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt

