Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Agent - CVE-2021-41090
Published: February 28, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86894
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41090
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to inline secrets defined within a metrics instance config are exposed in plaintext over two endpoints. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
Agent
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
Arch Linux
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2021-41090
Install updates from vendor's website.
Agent - addressed in versions 0.20.1, 0.21.2
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator - update to 3.0.0
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator - update to 3.0.0
External References
- https://github.com/grafana/agent/commit/af7fb01e31fe2d389e5f1c36b399ddc46b412b21
- https://github.com/grafana/agent/pull/1152
- https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.21.2
- https://github.com/grafana/agent/security/advisories/GHSA-9c4x-5hgq-q3wh
- https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.20.1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0004/