7.5

CVE-2019-16884: canonical ubuntu_linux Incorrect Authorization

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2020-0050SUSE-SU-2019:2786-1SUSE-SU-2019:2787-1
Published 25-09-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-16884 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
DLA-3369-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11358-1RHSA-2019:4269RHSA-2020:1234SUSE-SU-2021:1458-1USN-4297-1

Timeline

  1. 25-09-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

runc through 1.0.0-rc8, as used in Docker through 19.03.2-ce and other products, allows AppArmor restriction bypass because libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go incorrectly checks mount targets, and thus a malicious Docker image can mount over a /proc directory.

CVSS metrics

9 scores · 8 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.41% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Runc

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse13 products
  • containerd&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12< 1.2.10-16.26.1
  • containerd&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15< 1.2.10-5.19.1
  • containerd&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP1< 1.2.10-5.19.1
  • docker-runc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12< 1.0.0rc8+gitr3826_425e105d5a03-1.32.1 | < 1.0.0rc8+gitr3917_3e425f80a8c9-1.35.1
  • docker-runc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15< 1.0.0rc8+gitr3826_425e105d5a03-6.24.1 | < 1.0.0rc8+gitr3917_3e425f80a8c9-6.27.1
Redhat8 products
Chainguard7 products
  • py3-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • py3.10-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • py3.11-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • py3.12-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • py3.13-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi7 products
  • py3-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • py3.10-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • py3.11-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • py3.12-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • py3.13-dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
Opensuse6 products
  • leapEOL15.0 | 15.1
  • containerd&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 1.2.10-lp151.2.9.1
  • docker-runc&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.0< 1.0.0rc8+gitr3826_425e105d5a03-lp150.5.28.1
  • docker-runc&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 1.0.0rc8+gitr3826_425e105d5a03-lp151.3.9.1 | < 1.0.0rc8+gitr3917_3e425f80a8c9-lp151.3.12.1
  • docker&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 19.03.5_ce-lp151.2.15.1
Alpine2 products
  • containerd< 1.3.0-r0
  • runc≥ 0.0.1, < 1.0.0_rc9 | ≥ 0.0.1, < 1.0.0_rc9-r0
Debian2 products
  • golang-github-opencontainers-selinux< 1.3.0-2 | < 1.0.0~rc1+git20170621.5.4a2974b-1+deb10u1
  • runc< 1.0.0~rc9+dfsg1-1
Github.com/opencontainers2 products
  • runc< 1.0.0-rc8.0.20190930145003-cad42f6e0932
  • selinux< 1.3.1-0.20190929122143-5215b1806f52
Canonical1 product
Docker1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Linuxfoundation1 product
  • runc≥ 0.0.1, ≤ 0.1.1 | 1.0.0:rc1 | 1.0.0:rc2 | 1.0.0:rc3 | 1.0.0:rc4 | 1.0.0:rc5 | 1.0.0:rc6 | 1.0.0:rc7 | 1.0.0:rc8
Mageia1 product
  • opencontainers-runc< 1.0.0-0.rc9.3.mga7
Ubuntu1 product
  • runc< 1.0.0~rc7+git20190403.029124da-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm2 | < 1.0.0~rc10-0ubuntu1~18.04.2 | < 1.0.0~rc8+git20190923.3e425f80-0ubuntu1

14 vendors · 53 products

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