CVE-2024-4840 (GCVE-0-2024-4840)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-13 22:16 – Updated: 2025-11-20 19:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Rhosp-director: cleartext passwords exposed in logs
Summary
An flaw was found in the OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) director, a toolset for installing and managing a complete RHOSP environment. Plaintext passwords may be stored in log files, which can expose sensitive information to anyone with access to the logs.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-24 19:32 UTC
CWE
- CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9978 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4840 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280249 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Unaffected:
14.3.1-17.1.20240528170747.e7c7ce3.el9ost
(rpm)
|
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9 |
Unaffected:
0:14.3.1-17.1.20240919130756.el9ost , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:17.1::el9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:16.2
|
Date Public
2024-05-06 00:00
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