Improper privilege management in Red Hat openshift
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
An insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in the container openshift/jenkins. 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/jenkins-slave-base-rhel7-containera as shipped in Openshift 4 and 3.11.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | openshift | Openshift 4 and 3.11 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- openshift VendorRed Hat Affected Openshift 4 and 3.11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 3 advisories
- RHSA-2020:0803 Released 2020-03-20 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jenkins-slave-base-rhel7-container security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/jenkins-slave-base-rhel7
- RHSA-2020:0526 Released 2020-02-27 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.2.20 jenkins-slave-base-rhel7-container security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 openshift4/ose-jenkins-agent-base
- RHSA-2020:0562 Released 2020-02-25 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.3.3 jenkins-slave-base-rhel7-container security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 openshift4/ose-jenkins-agent-base
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0803 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0526 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0562 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 | Fixed | — |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19351
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q7r9-33vw-6rfr
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 · Red Hat
References
More Red Hat Openshift vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-04472 The Fingerprints pages in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 might allow remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-06239 Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-04061 runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2016-00709 Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 allow… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-11209 Rsync: info leak via uninitialized stack contents CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2019-19351 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-19351 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q7r9-33vw-6rfr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-19351 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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