# CVE-2020-14301: Information disclosure in libvirt

> An attacker can access sensitive HTTP cookies from network-based disks via the domain XML dump in libvirt.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 May 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5qrf-45p7-8vrc

## What is CVE-2020-14301?

CVE-2020-14301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, published on 27 May 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in libvirt in versions before 6.3.0. HTTP cookies used to access network-based disks were saved in the XML dump of the guest domain. This flaw allows an attacker to access potentially sensitive information in the domain configuration via the `dumpxml` command.

Weakness: CWE-212 (Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14301?

It affects 13 products.


Products: Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, Redhat Codeready Linux Builder, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux for Ibm Z Systems, Redhat Enterprise Linux for Ibm Z Systems Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux for Power Little Endian, Redhat Enterprise Linux for Power Little Endian Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server for Power Little Endian Update Services for Sap Solutions, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services for Sap Solutions, Redhat Enterprise Linux Tus, Redhat Libvirt.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14301?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2020-14301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility

- [CVE-2020-35527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35527/): Memory corruption in sqlite (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11656](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11656/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5509](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5509/): Code injection in ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5504/): Missing authorization in ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5505](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5505/): Information disclosure in ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14301 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility, published on 27 May 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility. 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-2020-14301/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14301/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14301
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14301
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14301

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14301/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.