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CVE-2019-14271

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14271 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Docker 19.03.x before 19.03.1 when linked against glibc, allowing an attacker to inject code within a chroot environment. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 3 mentions and media coverage, indicating its perceived severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 19.03, < 19.03.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1883 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/docker/dockerFixed in: 19.03.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-v2cv-wwxq-qq97critical

Moby Docker cp broken with debian containers

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-14271Important

docker: nsswitch based config loaded inside chroot under Glibc

Jul 30, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00084.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
docs.docker.com / engine/release-notes
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / moby/moby/issues/39449
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Sep/21
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190828-0003
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4521
Third Party Advisory