CVE-2014-0234

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1188

Description

The default configuration of broker.conf in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.x before 2.1 has a password of "mooo" for a Mongo account, which allows remote attackers to hijack the broker by providing this password, related to the openshift.sh script in Openshift Extras before 20130920. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2013-4253 and CVE-2013-4281.

Affected products

Openshift: before 2.1 — fixed in 2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Openshift 2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/19
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67657
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097008
https://github.com/openshift/openshift-extras/blob/master/README.md
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0487.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/19
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67657
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097008
https://github.com/openshift/openshift-extras/blob/master/README.md
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0487.html

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