CVE-2019-14819

8.8 highEPSS 1.1%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-266, CWE-270, CWE-269
Published: 2020-01-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

redhat:openshift_container_platform

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14819
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14819

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