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CVE-2019-19349

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-266

Description

An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the container operator-framework/operator-metering as shipped in Red Hat Openshift 4. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.

Affected products

• Openshift: 4.0

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791534
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793284
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791534
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793284

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