CVE-2021-0279 Contrail Cloud: Hardcoded credentials for RabbitMQ service
Attackers with access to the RabbitMQ admin interface can use hardcoded credentials to cause denial of service or access sensitive system information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-0279?
CVE-2021-0279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Networks Contrail Cloud, published on 15 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Juniper Networks Contrail Cloud (CC) releases prior to 13.6.0 have RabbitMQ service enabled by default with hardcoded credentials. The messaging services of RabbitMQ are used when coordinating operations and status information among Contrail services. An attacker with access to an administrative service for RabbitMQ (e.g. GUI), can use these hardcoded credentials to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or have access to unspecified sensitive system information. This issue affects the Juniper Networks Contrail Cloud releases on versions prior to 13.6.0.
Weakness: CWE-798
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-0279?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Contrail Cloud.
How do I fix CVE-2021-0279?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-0279 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-0279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mxp7-4prx-2v6g.