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CVE-2019-8339

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

An issue was discovered in Falco through 0.14.0. A missing indicator for insufficient resources allows local users to bypass the detection engine.

Affected products

• Falco: through 0.14.0

References

• https://falco.org/docs/event-sources/dropped-events/
• https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pull/561
• https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2019-8339-falco-vulnerability/
• https://www.twistlock.com/labs-blog/falco-vulnerability-cve-2019-8339/
• https://falco.org/docs/event-sources/dropped-events/
• https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pull/561
• https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2019-8339-falco-vulnerability/
• https://www.twistlock.com/labs-blog/falco-vulnerability-cve-2019-8339/

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