CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-19355

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Published: Mar 18, 2020 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openshift Redhat 4.0 (including) 4.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References