{"id":"CVE-2024-7259","title":"Ovirt-engine: potential exposure of cleartext provider passwords via web ui","summary":"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.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-312"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"ovirt-engine","affected":["ovirt-engine < 4.5.7","ovirt-engine (all versions)"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-09-26T15:45:53.572941Z"},"published":"2024-09-26","updated":"2026-11-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-06T07:07:56.062Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7259","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7259"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314229","label":"RHBZ#2314229"},{"url":"https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-engine/commit/4ad930699509a060490e07ed8620cccbb3a24897"},{"url":"https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-engine/pull/969"},{"url":"https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-engine/pull/970"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00306,"epssPercentile":0.2358,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T21:36:00.882Z","slug":"CVE-2024-7259","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `ovirt-engine < 4.5.7`\n- `ovirt-engine (all versions)`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nMitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":27,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}