What is CVE-2019-10139?

CVE-2019-10139 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Cockpit-Ovirt, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-10139?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ovirt Cockpit-Ovirt

CVE-2019-10139

During HE deployment via cockpit-ovirt, cockpit-ovirt generates an ansible variable file `/var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/cockpit/ansibleVarFileXXXXXX.var` which contains the admin and the appliance passwords as plain-text. At the of the deployment procedure, these files are deleted.

EPSS: 0.002 (15.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ovirt Cockpit-ovirt — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10139?: CVE-2019-10139 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Cockpit-Ovirt, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-10139?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.