CVE-2019-19355

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-266

Description

An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openshift/ocp-release-operator-sdk. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/ansible-operator-container as shipped in Openshift 4.

Affected products

Openshift: 4.0

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-19355
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-19355

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