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CVE-2018-1072

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

ovirt-engine before version ovirt 4.2.2 is vulnerable to an information exposure through log files. When engine-backup was run with one of the options "--provision*db", the database username and password were logged in cleartext. Sharing the provisioning log might inadvertently leak database passwords.

Affected products

• [UNKNOWN] ovirt-engine: before 4.2.2 — fixed in 4.2.2
• RedHat Enterprise Virtualization Manager: 4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: [UNKNOWN] ovirt-engine 4.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2071
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1072
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2071
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1072

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