# CVE-2018-14620: Supply chain in openstack-rabbitmq-container

> Attackers can inject malicious code into OpenStack RabbitMQ container images by intercepting insecure HTTP downloads during the build process.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w9j2-jxm7-7f2v

## What is CVE-2018-14620?

CVE-2018-14620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 10 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The OpenStack RabbitMQ container image insecurely retrieves the rabbitmq_clusterer component over HTTP during the build stage. This could potentially allow an attacker to serve malicious code to the image builder and install in the resultant container image. Version of openstack-rabbitmq-container and openstack-containers as shipped with Red Hat Openstack 12, 13, 14 are believed to be vulnerable.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation), CWE-494 (Download of Code Without Integrity Check)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14620?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openstack.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-14620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-14620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2015-1842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1842/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-2637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2637/): Auth bypass in rhosp-director (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-38065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38065/): Privilege escalation in OpenStack (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-4474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4474/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-31918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31918/): Information disclosure in tripleo-ansible (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-14620 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-14620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 10 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openstack. 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-2018-14620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14620/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14620
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14620
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14620

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14620/
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