{"cve":"CVE-2019-5736","nvd":{"published":"2019-02-11T19:29:00.297","modified":"2026-06-17T02:38:07.500","status":"Modified","description":"runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host root access) by leveraging the ability to execute a command as root within one of these types of containers: (1) a new container with an attacker-controlled image, or (2) an existing container, to which the attacker previously had write access, that can be attached with docker exec. This occurs because of file-descriptor mishandling, related to /proc/self/exe.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.6},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00044.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html"],"products":["apache:mesos","canonical:ubuntu_linux","d2iq:dc\\/os","d2iq:kubernetes_engine","docker:docker","fedoraproject:fedora","google:kubernetes_engine","hp:onesphere","linuxcontainers:lxc","linuxfoundation:runc","microfocus:service_management_automation","netapp:hci_management_node","netapp:solidfire","opensuse:backports_sle","opensuse:leap","redhat:container_development_kit","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:openshift"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:54:46.948512734+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-5736","score":0.98452,"percentile":0.99919,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}