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CVE-2024-7259

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

Published: Sep 26, 2024Updated: Jan 8, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-312
NVD MITRE
4.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 83.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-312

Affected Products

ovirt-engineovirt
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
Red Hat Virtualization 4Red Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ovirtoss-projectCloud & SaaSaka ovirt-engine, vdsm, ovirt
red hatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Credential Access
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7259
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314229
bugzilla.redhat.com

Timeline

Published
Sep 26, 2024
Last Updated
Jan 8, 2026

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