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FKIE_CVE-2024-4840

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-14 15:45 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:03
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9978
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4840
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280249
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4840
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280249
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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          "packageName": "openstack-tripleo-heat-templates",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T08:03:01.517",
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