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Type Vulnerability

Sangoma · Auth bypass

Sangoma FreePBX Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

1 sourceCVE-2019-19006

At a glance

Medium
7-day window, from the last update
ActiveConfirmed in-the-wild exploitation
Evidence-weighted, not popularity
Signal

Actively exploited in the wild — prioritise confirming exposure.

Why Medium

Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If you run or depend on Sangoma FreePBX, treat it as High.

Briefing

There is no written leader briefing for this story yet. These questions come from the facts we hold.

Questions to ask IT

  • Do we run Sangoma FreePBX, and which versions?
  • Is any of it reachable from the internet?
  • Have we checked whether it has already been used against us?
  • If it is not yet patched, what mitigation is in place, and will the fix be done by 14 Nov?

Next steps

  1. Confirm exposure and remediation status for affected products

Summary

  • Sangoma FreePBX contains an improper authentication vulnerability that potentially allows unauthorised users to bypass password authentication and access services provided by the FreePBX admin.
  • CVE-2019-19006 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)
  • Authoritative catalogues report active exploitation of this vulnerability.

Why this matters in the UK

  • Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild

Products and services involved

Pulse

Last checked 1h ago · Next recheck 12 Nov 2026, 18:36 UK time

Signal
11 Nov 2026, 18:36 UK time · 1h ago

in the next 30 days first recorded at 54.7% (elevated likelihood signal, not confirmed exploitation).

Elevated — confirm exposure; this is a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation.

EscalationDe-escalationCritical / liveWhat these mean
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Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ConfirmedHeadline90% confidence

    Sangoma FreePBX Improper Authentication Vulnerability

  • ConfirmedSummary fact75% confidence

    Sangoma FreePBX contains an improper authentication vulnerability that potentially allows unauthorised users to bypass password authentication and access services provided by the FreePBX admin.

  • ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence

    Event involves CVE-2019-19006

  • ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence

    CVE-2019-19006 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)