# CVE-2014-0234: Hardcoded credentials in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise

> Remote attackers can hijack the broker by using the default hardcoded password for the Mongo account in the default configuration.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2020
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w87g-2vqm-6m24

## What is CVE-2014-0234?

CVE-2014-0234 is a critical vulnerability in Redhat Openshift, published on 12 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The default configuration of broker.conf in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.x before 2.1 has a password of "mooo" for a Mongo account, which allows remote attackers to hijack the broker by providing this password, related to the openshift.sh script in Openshift Extras before 20130920. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2013-4253 and CVE-2013-4281.

Weakness: CWE-1188 (Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0234?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0234?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-0234 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0234 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift

- [CVE-2014-3496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3496/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-2060](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2060/): Command injection in OpenShift Origin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-4561](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4561/): Path traversal in openshift-origin-msg-node-mcollective (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2014-0163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0163/): Command injection in Openshift (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-1102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1102/): Path traversal in atomic-openshift (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0234 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0234 is a critical vulnerability in Redhat Openshift, published on 12 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0234 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openshift. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0234/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0234/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0234
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0234
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0234

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.