#VU83506 Insufficiently protected credentials in Pulp plugin for Ansible - CVE-2022-3644
Published: November 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83506
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-3644
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pulp plugin for Ansible
Pulp plugin for Ansible
Software vendor:
Pulp
Pulp
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to pulp_ansible stores tokens in plaintext instead of using pulp's
encrypted field and exposes them in read/write mode via the API ()
instead of marking it as write only. A local user can obtain credentials of Ansible users.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.