cockpit-ovirt: admin and appliance passwords saved in plain text variable file during HE deployment
Published May 17, 2019
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.24%
Description
During HE deployment via cockpit-ovirt, cockpit-ovirt generates an ansible variable file `/var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/cockpit/ansibleVarFileXXXXXX.var` which contains the admin and the appliance passwords as plain-text. At the of the deployment procedure, these files are deleted.
Affected products
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovirt | Cockpit-Ovirt | n/a |
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- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
cockpit-ovirt-0:0.13.5-1.el7ev
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2433
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
imgbased-0:1.1.9-0.1.el7ev
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2437
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ovirt-node-ng-0:4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2437
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.3.5-2.el7ev
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2437
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.3.5-20190722.0.el7_7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2437
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cockpit-ovirt-0:0.13.5-1.el7ev | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2433 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | imgbased-0:1.1.9-0.1.el7ev | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2437 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ovirt-node-ng-0:4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2437 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.3.5-2.el7ev | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2437 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.3.5-20190722.0.el7_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2437 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/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
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.24% (0.00245) | 14.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.24% (0.00245) | 15.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 0.04% (0.00037) | 11.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 31.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 29.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.67% (0.01669) | 53.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.47th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.26th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 65.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108396 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2433 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2437 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10139 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1709829 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10139 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10139
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10139
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108396 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2433 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2437 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10139 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1709829 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10139 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10139 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10139 |
Change history (0)
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