CVE-2019-5736

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

98.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-02-11 00:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 20:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-01-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
• CWE-672Operation on a Resource after Expiration or ReleaseClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

21109de79628578cf931f0ff0b26b43a60913ca7922067cf16c50884d196225c

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• github.comhttps://github.com/rancher/runc-cve
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• github.comhttps://github.com/docker/docker-ce/releases/tag/v18.09.2
• www.synology.comhttps://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_06
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0008/
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• tools.cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190215-runcvendor-advisory
• github.comhttps://github.com/q3k/cve-2019-5736-poc
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• github.comhttps://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/0a8e4117e7f715d5fbeef398405813ce8e88558b
• aws.amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2019-002/
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• github.comhttps://github.com/Frichetten/CVE-2019-5736-PoC
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• brauner.github.iohttps://brauner.github.io/2019/02/12/privileged-containers.html
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• cloud.google.comhttps://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/security-bulletins#february-11-2019-runc
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• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1275http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-bc70b381adhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6A4OSFM5GGOWW4ECELV5OHX2XRAUSPH/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-6174b47003https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SWFJGIPYAAAMVSWWI3QWYXGA3ZBU2H4W/vendor-advisory
• softwaresupport.softwaregrp.comhttps://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM03410944
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• azure.microsoft.comhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/cve-2019-5736-and-runc-vulnerability/
• azure.microsoft.comhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/iot-edge-fix-cve-2019-5736/
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• lists.apache.org[dlab-dev] 20190524 [jira] [Updated] (DLAB-723) Runc vulnerability CVE-2019-5736https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a585f64d14c31ab393b90c5f17e41d9765a1a17eec63856ce750af46%40%3Cdev.dlab.apache.org%3Emailing-list
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1444http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1481http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1499http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1506http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.htmlvendor-advisory
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190628 Re: linux-distros membership application - Microsofthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2mailing-list
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• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4048-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4048-1/vendor-advisory
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2021http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00084.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-2baa1f7b19https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGZKRCKI3Y7FMADO2MENMT4TU24QGHFR/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-c1dac1b3b8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLC52IOJN6IQJWJ6CUI6AIUP6GVVG2QP/vendor-advisory
• lists.apache.org[dlab-dev] 20190923 [jira] [Assigned] (DLAB-723) Runc vulnerability CVE-2019-5736https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/24e54e3c6b2259e3903b6b8fe26896ac649c481ea99c5739468c92a3%40%3Cdev.dlab.apache.org%3Emailing-list
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2245http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00007.htmlvendor-advisory
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2286http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00029.htmlvendor-advisory
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191023 Membership application for linux-distros - VMwarehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1mailing-list
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• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-21https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-21vendor-advisory
• lists.apache.org[dlab-dev] 20200525 [jira] [Deleted] (DLAB-723) Runc vulnerability CVE-2019-5736https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc494623986d76593873ce5a40dd69cb3629400d10750d5d7e96b8587%40%3Cdev.dlab.apache.org%3Emailing-list
• lists.apache.org[geode-issues] 20200831 [jira] [Created] (GEODE-8471) Dependency security issues in geode-core-1.12https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3Emailing-list
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163339/Docker-Container-Escape.html
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165197/Docker-runc-Command-Execution-Proof-Of-Concept.html
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