CVE-2019-6342 — Vulnerability in drupal/core — CVE Details

CRITICAL

Drupal Improper Access Control

Published January 11, 2024Updated December 10, 2025Source: osv

Summary

An access bypass vulnerability exists when the experimental Workspaces module in Drupal 8 core is enabled. This can be mitigated by disabling the Workspaces module. It does not affect any release other than Drupal 8.7.4.

Advisory Timeline

First published January 11, 2024 (1005 days ago).
Last revised December 10, 2025 — 699 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update drupal/core to 8.7.5 or later

composer require "drupal/core:^8.7.5"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
drupal/core	packagist	8.7.4	8.7.5

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-284
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CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-6342?: Drupal Improper Access Control This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2019-6342?: CVE-2019-6342 affects drupal/core. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2019-6342 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-xq62-62c9-22mg

DRUPAL-CORE-2019-008

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