# CVE-2019-10165: Information disclosure in openshift

> Privileged users can recover OAuth tokens from plaintext audit logs to access other resources in OpenShift Container Platform.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-252g-gw8q-x2cc

## What is CVE-2019-10165?

CVE-2019-10165 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 30 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OpenShift Container Platform before version 4.1.3 writes OAuth tokens in plaintext to the audit logs for the Kubernetes API server and OpenShift API server. A user with sufficient privileges could recover OAuth tokens from these audit logs and use them to access other resources.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10165?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-10165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10165 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-2019-10165 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-10165 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 30 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10165 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-2019-10165/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10165/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10165
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10165
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10165

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10165/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.