CVE-2019-11696

critical

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

9.5

Description

Files with the .JNLP extension used for "Java web start" applications are not treated as executable content for download prompts even though they can be executed if Java is installed on the local system. This could allow users to mistakenly launch an executable binary locally. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11696

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11696.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201905-9

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`67.0-1`
sles		affected
debian	sid	fixed	`67.0-2`

References

https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201905-9
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11696.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11696

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.