CVE-2024-7259

Ovirt-engine: potential exposure of cleartext provider passwords via web ui

Description

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.

Remediation

Workaround:

  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Category

4.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.03%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7259 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314229 vendor advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-7259?
CVE-2024-7259 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-7259?
As a workaround for remediating CVE-2024-7259: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Is CVE-2024-7259 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-7259 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-7259?
CVE-2024-7259 affects Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4.
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