# CVE-2019-3826 as a false positive in OPA Gatekeeper Images

DevFeed: [CVE-2019-3826 as a false positive in OPA Gatekeeper Images](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-phantom-menace-of-cve-2019-3826-unmasking-the-false-positive-13265.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/the-phantom-menace-of-cve-2019-3826-unmasking-the-false-positive>)

Published: 2023-10-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Prometheus](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/prometheus.md>), [opa](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opa.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [cve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve.md>), [cve-2019-3826](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-2019-3826.md>), [cves](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cves.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [false-positive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/false-positive.md>), [opa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opa.md>), [prometheus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prometheus.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>), [vulnerability-scanner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability-scanner.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains that CVE-2019-3826 affects applications using Prometheus for metrics when they expose the web UI. It presents the Chainguard OPA Gatekeeper Image as unaffected because it does not expose that UI, making the scanner result a false positive.

## Source excerpt

Unveil the false positive of CVE-2019-3826 and combat phantom menaces with Chainguard's vigilant security.