{"id":"ALSA-2020:0903","summary":"Important: zsh security update","details":"The zsh shell is a command interpreter usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Zsh resembles the ksh shell (the Korn shell), but includes many enhancements. Zsh supports command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and more.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* zsh: insecure dropping of privileges when unsetting PRIVILEGED option (CVE-2019-20044)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T04:25:29.522423Z","published":"2020-03-19T10:45:02Z","related":["CVE-2019-20044"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-20044"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"zsh-html","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/zsh-html"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.5.1-6.el8_1.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2020:0903.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}