# CVE-2017-15138: Information disclosure in atomic-openshift

> An attacker with sufficient privileges can view confidential webhook tokens in OpenShift Enterprise, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qrgj-q9rw-gjrv

## What is CVE-2017-15138?

CVE-2017-15138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 13 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The OpenShift Enterprise cluster-read can access webhook tokens which would allow an attacker with sufficient privileges to view confidential webhook tokens.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15138?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-15138?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2017-15138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform

- [CVE-2020-27836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27836/): Missing authorization in cluster-ingress-operator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1085/): Misconfiguration in openshift-ansible (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-54099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-54099/): Privilege escalation in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-1784](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1784/): Ose-cluster-ingress-operator: remote code execution through haproxy configuration injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-20182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20182/): Privilege escalation in openshift (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-15138 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-15138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 13 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openshift Container Platform. 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-2017-15138/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15138/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15138
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15138
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15138

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15138/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.