CVE-2020-7196 Information disclosure in BlueData EPIC Software; HPE Ezmeral Container Platform
Attackers can retrieve sensitive Kerberos passwords from a web UI source file, potentially compromising authentication credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7196?
CVE-2020-7196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BlueData EPIC Software; HPE Ezmeral Container Platform, published on 26 Oct 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HPE BlueData EPIC Software Platform version 4.0 and HPE Ezmeral Container Platform 5.0 use an insecure method of handling sensitive Kerberos passwords that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. Specifically, they display the kdc_admin_password in the source file of the url "/bdswebui/assignusers/".
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7196?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Hp Bluedata Epic, Hp Ezmeral Container Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7196?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-7196 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7196 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xjcx-2qxv-xf7v.