CVE-2019-10139

cockpit-ovirt: admin and appliance passwords saved in plain text variable file during HE deployment

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

During HE deployment via cockpit-ovirt, cockpit-ovirt generates an ansible variable file `/var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/cockpit/ansibleVarFileXXXXXX.var` which contains the admin and the appliance passwords as plain-text. At the of the deployment procedure, these files are deleted.

Durante la implementación de HE a través de cockpit-ovirt, cockpit-ovirt genera un archivo variable ansible `/ var / lib / ovirt-hosts-configuración-cockpit / ansibleVarFileXXXXXX.var` que contiene las contraseñas del administrador y del dispositivo como plain-text. En el momento del procedimiento de implementación, estos archivos se suprimen.

The redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts are installed using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only the packages required to host virtual machines. RHVH features a Cockpit user interface for monitoring the host's resources and performing administrative tasks. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-03-27 CVE Reserved
2019-05-17 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108396	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10139	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2433	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2437	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10139	2019-08-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1709829	2019-08-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ovirt Search vendor "Ovirt"		Cockpit-ovirt Search vendor "Ovirt" for product "Cockpit-ovirt"				-		-		Affected