# CVE-2020-10712: Information Disclosure in OpenShift Container Platform

> Attackers with log access can read and modify internal image registry storage due to sensitive data being logged by the operator.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2r5r-x58v-cx3w

## What is CVE-2020-10712?

CVE-2020-10712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 22 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform version 4.1 and later. Sensitive information was found to be logged by the image registry operator allowing an attacker able to gain access to those logs, to read and write to the storage backing the internal image registry. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10712?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-10712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10712 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-2020-10712 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 22 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10712 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-2020-10712/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10712/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10712
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10712
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10712

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10712/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.