CVE-2019-10139
cockpit-ovirt: admin and appliance passwords saved in plain text variable file during HE deployment
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · May 17, 2019
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A credential-protection flaw was found in cockpit-ovirt. During deployment, it generated an ansible variable file /var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/cockpit/ansibleVarFileXXXXXX.var which contained both admin and appliance passwords as plain-text. Although these files are deleted at the end of the deployment procedure, a local attacker could exploit this flaw to access the passwords.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.6CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-522 · Insufficiently Protected Credentials