High severity · published Mar 26, 2019
CVE-2018-16856
In a default Red Hat Openstack Platform Director installation, openstack-octavia before versions openstack-octavia 2.0.2-5 and openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732 creates log…
7.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In a default Red Hat Openstack Platform Director installation, openstack-octavia before versions openstack-octavia 2.0.2-5 and openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732 creates log files that are readable by all users. Sensitive information such as private keys can appear in these log files allowing for information exposure.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OC
Octavia · Openstack
2.0.0 before 2.0.2-5; 3.0.0 before 3.0.1-0.20181009115732 · source: NVD
OP
Openstack · Redhat
12; 13; 14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16856
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16856
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16856
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