CVE-2025-2241: Hive: exposure of vcenter credentials via clusterprovision in hive / mce / acm

Description

A flaw was found in Hive, a component of Multicluster Engine (MCE) and Advanced Cluster Management (ACM). This vulnerability causes VCenter credentials to be exposed in the ClusterProvision object after provisioning a VSphere cluster. Users with read access to ClusterProvision objects can extract sensitive credentials even if they do not have direct access to Kubernetes Secrets. This issue can lead to unauthorized VCenter access, cluster management, and privilege escalation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

High

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Scope

Changed

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

ME

Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes · Red Hat

All versions, or not specified · source: vendor

RH

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 · Red Hat

All versions, or not specified · source: vendor