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TI-2019-13966 Aliases CVE-2019-19355GHSA-g4q9-4c3v-qw9g

Improper privilege management in Red Hat openshift

Priority LOW 30CWE-266Published · Updated

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 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00245 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatopenshiftOpenshift 4—No fix listedCNA
  • openshift VendorRed Hat Affected Openshift 4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:1545 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.41 openshift-enterprise-ansible-operator-container security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1 openshift4/ose-ansible-operator
  • RHSA-2020:1280 Released 2020-04-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.z openshift-enterprise-ansible-operator-container security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 openshift4/ose-ansible-operator
  • RHSA-2020:0683 Released 2020-03-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.5 openshift-enterprise-ansible-operator-container security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 openshift4/ose-ansible-operator

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed RHSA-2020:1545
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed RHSA-2020:1280
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed RHSA-2020:0683
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4Fixed—

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19355
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4q9-4c3v-qw9g
  3. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 · Red Hat

References

Advisory 1

  • 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
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