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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-8339

An issue was discovered in Falco through 0.14.0. A missing indicator for insufficient resources allows local users to bypass the detection engine.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:04 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-8339

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 May 2019, 20:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Falco through 0.14.0. A missing indicator for insufficient resources allows local users to bypass the detection engine.

osv:CVE-2019-8339
Complete source record
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  "id": "4e881860e7c8424ddd6cfbdf05e8f16a0791b72936ddcb92493d8a3c53882db4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8339",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-8339",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Falco through 0.14.0. A missing indicator for insufficient resources allows local users to bypass the detection engine.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-8339",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-8339",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-8339"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "62c1a0440d8756a41f17e02b7595081cb798b236"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:falco:falco:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.14.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.14.0",
            "0.13.1",
            "0.13.0",
            "0.12.0",
            "0.11.1",
            "0.11.0",
            "0.10.0",
            "0.9.0",
            "0.8.1",
            "0.8.0",
            "0.7.0",
            "0.6.1",
            "0.6.0",
            "0.4.0",
            "0.3.0",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-8339.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:47.109064358Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://falco.org/docs/event-sources/dropped-events/",
        "https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2019-8339-falco-vulnerability/",
        "https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pull/561",
        "https://www.twistlock.com/labs-blog/falco-vulnerability-cve-2019-8339/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-8339",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383819,
  "published_at": "2019-05-17T20:29:05.227+00:00"
}