CVE-2019-19335
During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the `openshift-install` command line tool creates...
During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the openshift-install command line tool creates an auth directory, with kubeconfig and kubeadmin-password files. Both files contain credentials used to authenticate to the OpenShift API server, and are incorrectly assigned word-readable permissions. ose-installer as shipped in Openshift 4.2 is vulnerable.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the openshift-install command line tool creates an auth directory, with kubeconfig and kubeadmin-password files. Both files contain credentials used to authenticate to the OpenShift API server, and are incorrectly assigned word-readable permissions. ose-installer as shipped in Openshift 4.2 is vulnerable.
- Record
CVE-2019-19335- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8956
During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the openshift-install command line tool creates an auth directory, with kubeconfig and kubeadmin-password files. Both files contain credentials used to authenticate to the OpenShift API server, and are incorrectly assigned word-readable permissions. ose-installer as shipped in Openshift 4.2 is vulnerable.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8956- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w7jf-m36x-7vjp
During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the `openshift-install` command line tool creates...
During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the openshift-install command line tool creates an auth directory, with kubeconfig and kubeadmin-password files. Both files contain credentials used to authenticate to the OpenShift API server, and are incorrectly assigned word-readable permissions. ose-installer as shipped in Openshift 4.2 is vulnerable.
- Record
GHSA-w7jf-m36x-7vjp- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the openshift-install command line tool creates an auth directory, with kubeconfig and kubeadmin-password files. Both files contain credentials used to authenticate to the OpenShift API server, and are incorrectly assigned word-readable permissions. ose-installer as shipped in Openshift 4.2 is vulnerable.
- Record
CVE-2019-19335- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-19335 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Redhat Openshift, published March 18, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.