CVE-2019-14271

docker: nsswitch based config loaded inside chroot under Glibc

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 30, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A flaw was discovered in Docker if it is compiled with Go 1.11. During a docker cp command, the nsswitch facility dynamically loads a library inside a chroot that contains the contents of the container. An attacker could abuse this flaw by executing code with the root privileges.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of docker as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as they did not use Go 1.11.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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