CVE-2019-5736

CRITICALNVD 8.69.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicted 98% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs) when EchelonGraph scored this CVE. NVD baseline CVSS 8.6 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction (continuous uplift above 30%)
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekWeaponized

Also known asEUVD-2019-15309 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 98%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, other public proof-of-concept code)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 98%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: Metasploit · other public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host root access) by leveraging the ability to execute a command as root within one of these types of containers: (1) a new container with an attacker-controlled image, or (2) an existing container, to which the attacker previously had write access, that can be attached with docker exec. This occurs because of file-descriptor mishandling, related to /proc/self/exe.

CVSS v3
8.6
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
78
EG Risk 78/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity86% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.6 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation98% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
98%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is EPSS's lift toward 9.0 from its impact severity (EG Severity, CVSS 8.6 HIGH): a likelihood of exploitation, not impact.

EG Severity
8.6 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
98% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

February 11, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (66)

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Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuvim-syntax-docker (18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.10.3) @ cosmic2026-11-01ubuntu
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8000020190416221845.2ffa3d272019-05-07redhat
redhatdocker-2:1.12.6-79.git5680db5.el72019-02-26redhat
redhatpatch2019-02-25redhat
redhatrunc-0:1.0.0-59.dev.git2abd837.el72019-02-11redhat
redhatdocker-2:1.13.1-91.git07f3374.el72019-02-11redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(24 across 20 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-4: fixed in 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-4
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runc—
  • every version up to 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-2: fixed in 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-2
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Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-4: fixed in 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-4
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runc—
  • every version up to 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-2: fixed in 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-2
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Debian:13(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-4: fixed in 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-4
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runc—
  • every version up to 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-2: fixed in 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-2
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Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-4: fixed in 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-4
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runc—
  • every version up to 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-2: fixed in 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-2
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Alpine:v3.10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Alpine:v3.9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
lxc—
  • every version up to 3.1.0-r1: fixed in 3.1.0-r1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(6)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 61× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 92 of 113 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 8 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 21 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 19:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-01 19:08 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-01 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  4. 2026-10-31 17:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-31 17:10 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-31 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  7. 2026-10-30 15:13 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-30 15:13 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-30 15:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  10. 2026-10-29 13:17 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-29 13:17 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-29 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  13. 2026-10-28 11:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-28 11:19 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-28 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  16. 2026-10-27 08:53 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-27 08:53 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-27 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  19. 2026-10-26 05:28 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-26 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  21. 2026-10-25 18:57 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-10-25 03:32 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-25 03:32 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-25 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
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  1. 2026-10-24 01:37 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-24 01:37 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-24 01:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  4. 2026-10-22 23:40 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-22 23:40 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-22 23:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  7. 2026-10-21 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-21 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-21 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  10. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  11. 2026-10-20 19:32 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-20 19:32 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-20 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  14. 2026-10-19 17:36 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-19 17:36 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-19 17:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  17. 2026-10-18 15:39 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-18 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  19. 2026-10-18 09:43 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-17 13:43 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-17 13:43 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-17 13:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  23. 2026-10-16 11:46 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-16 11:46 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-16 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  26. 2026-10-15 09:49 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-10-15 09:49 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-15 09:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  29. 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  30. 2026-10-14 06:00 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-14 06:00 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-14 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  33. 2026-10-13 01:15 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-13 01:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  35. 2026-10-12 19:53 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-10-12 00:17 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-30 20:10 UTCOSV refresh
  38. 2026-09-30 14:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  39. 2026-09-30 10:25 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-17 19:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  41. 2026-09-16 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  42. 2026-09-12 02:40 UTCOSV refresh
  43. 2026-09-05 15:24 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  44. 2026-09-02 14:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  45. 2026-08-24 08:27 UTCOSV refresh
  46. 2026-08-13 21:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  47. 2026-08-08 04:49 UTCOSV refresh
  48. 2026-07-30 16:24 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  49. 2026-07-30 01:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  50. 2026-07-25 14:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  51. 2026-07-24 14:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
  52. 2026-07-23 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-07-22 21:29 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.40
  54. 2026-07-22 21:29 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-07-22 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gxmr-w5mj-v8hh · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.6
  56. 2026-07-19 14:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 99% · 99th percentile
  57. 2026-07-12 19:38 UTCOSV refresh
  58. 2026-07-06 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 99% · 99th percentile
  59. 2026-06-24 04:59 UTCOSV refresh
  60. 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 99% · 99th percentile
  61. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
  62. 2026-06-15 17:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 96% · 99th percentile
  63. 2026-06-14 23:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 59% · 98th percentile
  64. 2026-06-12 23:09 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 59% · 98th percentile
  65. 2026-06-11 13:58 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 59% · 98th percentile
  66. 2026-06-10 22:16 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 55% · 98th percentile
  67. 2026-06-08 14:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 55% · 98th percentile

Publicly available exploits

(9 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 2 Exploit-DB entries, 6 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Metasploitexploit/linux/local/docker_runc_escape✓ verified
    Published Jun 30, 2021

    Docker Container Escape Via runC Overwrite

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCepsteina16/Docker-Escape-Miner
    Published Dec 12, 2019

    Code sample for using exploit CVE-2019-5736 to mine bitcoin with no association to original container or user.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCtwistlock/RunC-CVE-2019-5736
    Published Feb 20, 2019

    CVE-2019-5736 POCs

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCagppp/cve-2019-5736-poc
    Published Feb 15, 2019

    getshell test

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCjas502n/CVE-2019-5736
    Published Feb 14, 2019

    runc容器逃逸漏洞预警

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-46369
    Published Feb 13, 2019

    runc < 1.0-rc6 (Docker < 18.09.2) - Container Breakout (2)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCFrichetten/CVE-2019-5736-PoC
    Published Feb 13, 2019

    PoC for CVE-2019-5736

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-46359
    Published Feb 12, 2019

    runc < 1.0-rc6 (Docker < 18.09.2) - Container Breakout (1)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCq3k/cve-2019-5736-poc
    Published Feb 12, 2019

    Unweaponized Proof of Concept for CVE-2019-5736 (Docker escape)

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-5736?
CVE-2019-5736 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on February 11, 2019. runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host root access) by leveraging the ability to execute a command as root within one of these types of containers: (1) a new container with an…
When was CVE-2019-5736 made public?
CVE-2019-5736 was made public on February 11, 2019: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on February 11, 2019. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2019-5736 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-5736 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EchelonGraph's EG-KEV model places it in Tier 2 (Weaponized), which is not evidence of exploitation: a Metasploit module exists for it. EchelonGraph does not test whether exploit code works. FIRST EPSS estimates a 98% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-5736?
CVE-2019-5736 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-5736?
A fix for CVE-2019-5736 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2019-5736 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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