CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-3684

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Mar 24, 2023 | Modified: Apr 03, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu

A vulnerability was found in OpenShift Assisted Installer. During generation of the Discovery ISO, image pull secrets were leaked as plaintext in the installation logs. An authenticated user could exploit this by re-using the image pull secret to pull container images from the registry as the associated user.

Weakness

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openshift_assisted_installer Redhat * 1.0.25.3 (excluding)
Openshift_container_platform Redhat 4.6 (including) 4.6 (including)
RHAI-1.0-RHEL-8 RedHat rhai-tech-preview/assisted-installer-reporter-rhel8:v1.0.0-101 *
RHAI-1.0-RHEL-8 RedHat rhai-tech-preview/assisted-installer-rhel8:v1.0.0-87 *

Extended Description

While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for:

Potential Mitigations

References