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CVE-2019-14271
In Docker 19.03.x before 19.03.1 linked against the GNU C Library (aka glibc), code injection can occur when the nsswitch facility…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 18.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In Docker 19.03.x before 19.03.1 linked against the GNU C Library (aka glibc), code injection can occur when the nsswitch facility dynamically loads a library inside a chroot that contains the contents of the container.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.8% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/docker/dockerGHSA-v2cv-wwxq-qq97 (opens in a new tab)
References
References6
- https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/39449 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-4521 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20190910 [SECURITY] [DSA 4521-1] docker.io security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5261 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v2cv-wwxq-qq97 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-14271)Record last updated .