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CVE-2019-19335

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-19335 describes a vulnerability in OpenShift 4.2 where the openshift-install tool incorrectly assigns world-readable permissions to kubeconfig and kubeadmin-password files during cluster installation, exposing authentication credentials. This is a medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) with a local attack vector and high confidentiality impact, but requires high privileges to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/ose-installer:v4.2.18-202002031246
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/ose-baremetal-installer-rhel7:v4.2.18-202002031246
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cli-artifacts:v4.2.18-202002031246
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redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-installer-artifacts

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-19335Low

openshift/installer: kubeconfig and kubeadmin-password are created with word-readable permissions

Nov 27, 2019

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory