What is CVE-2019-3899?

CVE-2019-3899 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Heketi Project, classified under CWE-592. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-3899?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Heketi Project

CVE-2019-3899

It was found that default configuration of Heketi does not require any authentication potentially exposing the management interface to misuse. This isue only affects heketi as shipped with Openshift Container Platform 3.11.

Published 2019-04-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Heketi Project
The Heketi Project — versions heketi 6 as shipped with Openshift Container Platform 3.11
Red Hat Openshift Container Platform — versions 3.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3899?: CVE-2019-3899 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Heketi Project, classified under CWE-592. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-3899?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.