CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-7259

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Sep 26, 2024 | Modified: Jan 08, 2026
CVSS 3.x
4.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.9 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
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A flaw was found in oVirt. A user with administrator privileges, including users with the ReadOnlyAdmin permission, may be able to use browser developer tools to view Provider passwords in cleartext.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ovirt-engineOvirt*4.5.7 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References