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CVE-2024-7259: Ovirt-engine: potential exposure of cleartext provider passwords via web ui

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• 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: 2024-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-312

Description

A flaw was found in oVirt. A user with administrator privileges, including users with the ReadOnlyAdmin permission, may be able to use browser developer tools to view Provider passwords in cleartext.

Affected products

• ovirt-engine: before 4.5.7 — fixed in 4.5.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ovirt-engine 4.5.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7259
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314229

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