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CVE-2024-4840: Rhosp-director: cleartext passwords exposed in logs

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-312

Description

An flaw was found in the OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) director, a toolset for installing and managing a complete RHOSP environment. Plaintext passwords may be stored in log files, which can expose sensitive information to anyone with access to the logs.

Affected products

• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2: all versions
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9: all versions — fixed in 0:14.3.1-17.1.20240919130756.el9ost

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9 0:14.3.1-17.1.20240919130756.el9ost. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9978
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4840
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280249
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4840
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280249

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