Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting zhmcclient package, versions [,1.18.1)
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- published1 Dec 2024
- disclosed29 Nov 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 29 Nov 2024
NewCVE-2024-53865 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade zhmcclient to version 1.18.1 or higher.
Overview
zhmcclient is an A pure Python client library for the IBM Z HMC Web Services API
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information due to the logging of sensitive information in clear text. An attacker with access to the logs can obtain sensitive data by exploiting this vulnerability.
Note:
This issue affects only users of the zhmcclient package that have enabled the Python loggers named "zhmcclient.api" (for the API log) or "zhmcclient.hmc" (for the HMC log) and that use the functions listed above.