Information disclosure in Red Hat Virt-Install

CVE-2019-10183

Virt-install(1) utility used to provision new virtual machines has introduced an option '--unattended' to create VMs without user interaction. This option accepts guest VM password as command line arguments, thus leaking them to others users on the system via process listing. It was introduced recently in the virt-manager v2.2.0 release.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (33.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.2 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10183?
CVE-2019-10183 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Virt-Install, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.2/10. Published 2019-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-10183?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-10183 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.