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

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-7259
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-09-26 16:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-11-06 08:17:15 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.003060000 probability, percentile 0.235530000 (date 2026-11-06)

Problem Types: CWE-312 | CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS4.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ovirt Ovirt-engine All All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7259 [email protected] access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
github.com/oVirt/ovirt-engine/pull/969 [email protected] github.com
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi [email protected] bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
github.com/oVirt/ovirt-engine/commit/4ad930699509a060490e07ed8620cccbb3a... [email protected] github.com
github.com/oVirt/ovirt-engine/pull/970 [email protected] github.com
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Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-09-23T15:07:14.058ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2024-09-26T15:00:00.000ZMade public.

Workarounds

CNA: 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.

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