4: ovirt-engine exposes cloud-init root password via REST API
Published Mar 25, 2019
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.02%
Description
In ovirt-engine 4.1, if a host was provisioned with cloud-init, the root password could be revealed through the REST interface.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product RHV Defaultn/a
- Version 4.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | RHV | n/a |
|
- 4.1.0
No data.
Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.1
org.ovirt.engine-root-0:4.1.4.2-1
Fixed · RHEA-2017:1814
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.1 | org.ovirt.engine-root-0:4.1.4.2-1 | Fixed | RHEA-2017:1814 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.02% (0.01017) | 62.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.02% (0.01017) | 61.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 37.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 37.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 35.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7510 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1456590 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7510 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7510
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7510
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7510 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1456590 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7510 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7510 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7510 |
Change history (0)
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