Information Exposure Affecting github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator package, versions <0.3.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMMETAL3IOBAREMETALOPERATOR-5488157
  • published27 Apr 2023
  • disclosed27 Apr 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-30841  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator to version 0.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure such that the plain-text username and hashed password are readable by anyone having a cluster-wide read-access to the management cluster, or access to the management cluster's Etcd storage.

Workaround

Users who are unable to upgrade to the fixed version can modify the kustomizations and redeploy the BMO, or recreate the required ConfigMaps as Secrets.

CVSS Scores

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