# CVE-2023-4066: Operator: passwords defined in secrets shown in statefulset yaml

> Red Hat AMQ Broker exposes plaintext passwords in StatefulSet YAML details, allowing attackers with access to view sensitive credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pp2q-hf69-vw5g

## What is CVE-2023-4066?

CVE-2023-4066 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 27 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 Red Hat's AMQ Broker, which stores certain passwords in a secret security-properties-prop-module, defined in ActivemqArtemisSecurity CR; however, they are shown in plaintext in the StatefulSet details yaml of AMQ Broker.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information), CWE-313 (Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4066?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Redhat Jboss A-Mq, Redhat Jboss Middleware, Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4066?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4066 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-4066 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4066 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform

- [CVE-2016-8648](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8648/): Deserialization in Karaf (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2020-14379](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14379/): XML external entity in Red Hat AMQ (medium 5.6)
- [CVE-2023-4065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4065/): Operator: plaintext password in operator log (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2015-5181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5181/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2016-8653](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8653/): Deserialization in Fuse (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4066 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4066 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 27 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4066 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-2023-4066/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4066/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4066
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4066
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4066

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