CVE-2019-14891

Name: CVE-2019-14891
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2019-11-25T11:15:11.43+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 5/10EPSS 0.69%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-14891 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in cri-o, as a result of all pod-related processes being placed in the same memory cgroup. This can result in container management (conmon) processes being killed if a workload process triggers an out-of-memory (OOM) condition for the cgroup. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A flaw was found in cri-o, as a result of all pod-related processes being placed in the same memory cgroup. This can result in container management (conmon) processes being killed if a workload process triggers an out-of-memory (OOM) condition for the cgroup. An attacker could abuse this flaw to get host network access on an cri-o host.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

5/10

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

EPSS Probability

0.69%

47.9th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kubernetes	Cri-O	< 1.16.1
Fedoraproject	Fedora	All versions
Redhat	Openshift Container Platform	3.11
Redhat	Openshift Container Platform	4.1
Redhat	Openshift Container Platform	4.2

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14891Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14891Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 25, 2019
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-14891?

How severe is CVE-2019-14891?

CVE-2019-14891 has a CVSS score of 5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14891?

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Source: NVD / NIST