Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - CVE-2019-10213

 

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - CVE-2019-10213

Published: December 4, 2019 / Updated: December 17, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23399
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10213
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to OpenShift Container Platform writes secrets in clear text into pod logs when the log level in a given operator is set to Debug or higher. A local user can read the log files and gain access to sensitive information.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-10213

Install updates from vendor's website.

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