Insights-core: insights-core: incomplete credential redaction exposes sssd bind passwords and pacemaker fence credentials in uploaded archives

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-19391
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-11 07:17:29 UTC
Updated2026-08-11 07:17:29 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in insights-core where the password redaction layer fails to recognize credentials not keyed under the literal string 'password'. This allows SSSD LDAP bind passwords (ldap_default_authtok) and Pacemaker fence device credentials to be included in cleartext in archives uploaded to console.redhat.com.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

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

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Pen Drive Powered By Red Hat Lightspeed Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Pen Drive Powered By Red Hat Lightspeed Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Certification Program For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Certification Program For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19391 [email protected] access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi [email protected] bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Red Hat would like to thank Arpit Jain (GitHub handle: arpitjain099) for reporting this issue. (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2026-08-10T03:13:27.012ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2026-08-08T00:00:00.000ZMade public.

Workarounds

CNA: Exclude sssd_config, sssd_conf_d, and cib_xml via /etc/insights-client/file-redaction.yaml, or add keyword/pattern redaction covering ldap_default_authtok and fence passwd/password XML forms, until a patched insights-core is available.

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