# CVE-2019-11480

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2019-11480
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-353
- **Published:** Apr 14, 2020
- **Last Modified:** Mar 14, 2026

## Description

The pc-kernel snap build process hardcoded the --allow-insecure-repositories and --allow-unauthenticated apt options when creating the build chroot environment. This could allow an attacker who is able to perform a MITM attack between the build environment and the Ubuntu archive to install a malicious package within the build chroot. This issue affects pc-kernel versions prior to and including 2019-07-16

## Affected Products

- Canonical — pc-kernel (unspecified)

## References

- [CNA](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11480)
- [CNA](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1836041)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.43%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 61.9

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-19._