Baremetal Operator (BMO) is a bare metal host provisioning integration for Kubernetes. Prior to version 0.3.0, ironic and ironic-inspector deployed within Baremetal Operator using the included `deploy.sh` store their `.htpasswd` files as ConfigMaps instead of Secrets. This causes the plain-text username and hashed password to be readable by anyone having a cluster-wide read-access to the management cluster, or access to the management cluster's Etcd storage. This issue is patched in baremetal-operator PR#1241, and is included in BMO release 0.3.0 onwards. As a workaround, users may modify the kustomizations and redeploy the BMO, or recreate the required ConfigMaps as Secrets per instructions in baremetal-operator PR#1241.
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-9wh7-397j-722m | vendor advisory |
| https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/pull/1241 | issue tracking exploit patch |