CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-10706

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: May 12, 2020 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.6
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu

A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform where OAuth tokens are not encrypted when the encryption of data at rest is enabled. This flaw allows an attacker with access to a backup to obtain OAuth tokens and then use them to log into the cluster as any user who logged into the cluster via the WebUI or via the command line in the last 24 hours. Once the backup is older than 24 hours the OAuth tokens are no longer valid.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openshift_container_platform Redhat - (including) - (including)
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 RedHat openshift4/ose-oauth-server-rhel8:v4.6.0-202010061132.p0 *

Extended Description

Because the information is stored in cleartext (i.e., unencrypted), attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information. When organizations adopt cloud services, it can be easier for attackers to access the data from anywhere on the Internet. In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of “double encryption” (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.

Potential Mitigations

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