Medium severity · published May 13, 2024
CVE-2024-4840
Rhosp-director: cleartext passwords exposed in logs
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An flaw was found in the OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) director, a toolset for installing and managing a complete RHOSP environment. Plaintext passwords may be stored in log files, which can expose sensitive information to anyone with access to the logs.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4840
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4840
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9978
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4840
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280249
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