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CVE-2017-2665

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plain text.

Affected products

• MongoDB: all versions
• RedHat Storage Console: 2.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97612
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2665
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97612
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2665

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