VDB
RHSA-2019%3A0401
RHSA-2019%3A0401
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.699999809265137 HIGH
A flaw was found in the way runc handled system file descriptors when running containers. A malicious container could use this flaw to overwrite contents of the runc binary and consequently run arbitrary commands on the container host system.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.699999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Other |
Timeline
- Feb 25, 2019 CVE Published
- Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0401 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/293/ advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_container_development_kit/3.7/html-single/getting_started_guide/ advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1664908 issue
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2019/rhsa-2019_0401.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5736 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/runcescape advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5736 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5736 advisory
- https://blog.dragonsector.pl/2019/02/cve-2019-5736-escape-from-docker-and.html advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q1/119 advisory