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CVE-2019-14271

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

Description

In Docker 19.03.x before 19.03.1 linked against the GNU C Library (aka glibc), code injection can occur when the nsswitch facility dynamically loads a library inside a chroot that contains the contents of the container.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Docker Engine: from 19.03 before 19.03.1 — fixed in 19.03.1
• openSUSE Leap: 15.0, 15.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Docker Engine 19.03.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00084.html
• https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/
• https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/39449
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/21
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0003/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4521
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00084.html
• https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/
• https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/39449
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/21
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0003/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4521

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