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CVE-1999-0138

Vendorlinux, freebsd, ibm, hp, digitalProductlinux kernel, freebsd, aix, hp-ux, osf 1, asl ux 4800, ews-ux v, up-ux v, a uxDiscoveredJun 26, 1996UpdatedApr 16, 2026

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

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CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
0.70%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 13, 2026
● 0.01pp
0.70% → 0.70% over 2 tracked changes
Connections
9 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jun 26, 1996
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 16, 2026