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TI-2019-11024 Aliases CVE-2019-14819GHSA-37jw-xgjq-3fmq

Improper privilege management in Red Hat openshift-ansible

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-266Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-266.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01074 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red Hatopenshift-ansible3.x—No fix listedCNA
  • openshift-ansible VendorRed Hat Affected 3.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.10VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.11VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.10 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.11 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2019:2818 Released 2019-09-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift-ansible-3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7, openshift-ansible-docs-3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7, openshift-ansible-playbooks-3.11.146-1.git.0.fcedb45.el7 +2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed RHSA-2019:2818
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14819
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-37jw-xgjq-3fmq

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-34021 Linux kernel skb coalescing drops shared-frag marker KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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