CVE-2019-14819
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found during the upgrade of an existing OpenShift Container Platform 3.x cluster. Using CRI-O, the dockergc service account is assigned to the current namespace of the user performing the upgrade. This flaw can allow an unprivileged user to escalate their privileges to those allowed by the privileged Security Context Constraints.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedopenshift-ansible-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 3.11.146, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.11/release_notes/ocp_3_11_release_notes.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2818 - Fixedopenshift-ansible-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.src as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 3.11.146, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.11/release_notes/ocp_3_11_release_notes.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2818 - Fixedopenshift-ansible-docs-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 3.11.146, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.11/release_notes/ocp_3_11_release_notes.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2818 - Fixedopenshift-ansible-playbooks-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 3.11.146, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.11/release_notes/ocp_3_11_release_notes.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2818 - Fixedopenshift-ansible-roles-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 3.11.146, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.11/release_notes/ocp_3_11_release_notes.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2818 - Fixedopenshift-ansible-test-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 3.11.146, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.11/release_notes/ocp_3_11_release_notes.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2818 - Workaroundopenshift-ansible-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
Make sure your kubeconfig (~/.kube/config) is using the 'default' context when executing, or re-executing a cluster upgrade or install using the ansible playbooks.
- Workaroundopenshift-ansible-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.src as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
Make sure your kubeconfig (~/.kube/config) is using the 'default' context when executing, or re-executing a cluster upgrade or install using the ansible playbooks.
- Workaroundopenshift-ansible-docs-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
Make sure your kubeconfig (~/.kube/config) is using the 'default' context when executing, or re-executing a cluster upgrade or install using the ansible playbooks.
- Workaroundopenshift-ansible-playbooks-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
Make sure your kubeconfig (~/.kube/config) is using the 'default' context when executing, or re-executing a cluster upgrade or install using the ansible playbooks.
- Workaroundopenshift-ansible-roles-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
Make sure your kubeconfig (~/.kube/config) is using the 'default' context when executing, or re-executing a cluster upgrade or install using the ansible playbooks.
- Workaroundopenshift-ansible-test-0:3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11redhat_csaf
Make sure your kubeconfig (~/.kube/config) is using the 'default' context when executing, or re-executing a cluster upgrade or install using the ansible playbooks.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
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affected products (9)
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- redhat openshift container platform= 3.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat openshift container platform= 3.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2019:2818Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 security update2019-09-23csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for openshift-ansible is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2818cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14819cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14819cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1746238cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14819cnnvd
- https://github.com/openshift/openshift-ansible/pull/11860Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14819cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154577/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2019-2818-01.htmlcnnvd
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