# CVE-2019-10194: Information disclosure in ovirt-engine-metrics

> Attackers can read sensitive passwords from log files or playbooks if verbose logging is enabled, exposing credentials for oVirt Metrics deployments.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2rxg-f4r2-fm3c, RHSA-2019:2499

## What is CVE-2019-10194?

CVE-2019-10194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat ovirt-engine-metrics, published on 11 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Sensitive passwords used in deployment and configuration of oVirt Metrics, all versions. were found to be insufficiently protected. Passwords could be disclosed in log files (if playbooks are run with -v) or in playbooks stored on Metrics or Bastion hosts.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10194?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ovirt-engine-metrics` | Red Hat:rhev_manager:4.3 | All versions | 0:1.3.3.3-1.el7ev |

Products: Ovirt Ovirt, Redhat Virtualization Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10194?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2019-10194 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat ovirt-engine-metrics

- [CVE-2018-1074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1074/): Information disclosure in ovirt-engine (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2014-7851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7851/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-15113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15113/): Information disclosure in ovirt-engine (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2014-0152](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0152/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2019-3879](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3879/): Missing authorization in ovirt-engine (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10194 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-10194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat ovirt-engine-metrics, published on 11 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat ovirt-engine-metrics. 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-2019-10194/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10194/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10194
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10194
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10194

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10194/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.