CVE-2022-3261 Plain-text passwords saved in /var/log/messages
OpenStack components log plain-text passwords to system logs during updates, allowing attackers with log access to steal sensitive credentials.
- 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-2022-3261?
CVE-2022-3261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2, published on 15 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in OpenStack. Multiple components show plain-text passwords in /var/log/messages during the OpenStack overcloud update run, leading to a disclosure of sensitive information problem.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3261?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Openstack Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3261?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-3261 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- CVE-2020-10731 Misconfiguration in nova libvirt container provided by the Red Hat OpenStack Platform
- CVE-2024-8007 Openstack-tripleo-common: rhosp director disables tls verification for registry mirrors
- CVE-2017-15114 Missing authorization in n/a
- CVE-2022-3596 Instack-undercloud: rsync leaks information to undercloud
- CVE-2023-6725 Tripleo-ansible: bind keys are world readable
Sources
Also known as GHSA-95f8-wgwf-v4mc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3261.