Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Proxmox - CVE-2022-28141

 

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Proxmox - CVE-2022-28141

Published: March 31, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61747
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28141
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin stores the Proxmox Datacenter password unencrypted in the global config.xml file on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. A local user can retrieve sensitive information stored in cleartext.


Affected software

Proxmox

How to mitigate CVE-2022-28141

Install updates from vendor's website.

Proxmox - update to 0.6.0

External References

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