VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8339
A missing indicator for insufficient resources allows local users to bypass the detection engine.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.56%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in Falco through 0.14.0. A missing indicator for insufficient resources allows local users to bypass the detection engine.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.56% probability · 46th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- falco/falco
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://falco.org/docs/event-sources/dropped-events/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pull/561Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2019-8339-falco-vulnerability/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.twistlock.com/labs-blog/falco-vulnerability-cve-2019-8339/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://falco.org/docs/event-sources/dropped-events/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pull/561Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2019-8339-falco-vulnerability/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.twistlock.com/labs-blog/falco-vulnerability-cve-2019-8339/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.