CVE-2019-19335 Information disclosure in openshift/installer
Local attackers can read cluster admin credentials from world-readable files created during OpenShift installation, leading to full API access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-19335?
CVE-2019-19335 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift, published on 18 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the `openshift-install` command line tool creates an `auth` directory, with `kubeconfig` and `kubeadmin-password` files. Both files contain credentials used to authenticate to the OpenShift API server, and are incorrectly assigned word-readable permissions. ose-installer as shipped in Openshift 4.2 is vulnerable.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19335?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Openshift.
How do I fix CVE-2019-19335?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19335 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-19335 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19335 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w7jf-m36x-7vjp.