CVE-2022-3261

MEDIUM

Red Hat OpenStack Platform - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in /var/log/messages

Title source: llm

Description

A flaw was found in OpenStack. Multiple components show plain-text passwords in /var/log/messages during the OpenStack overcloud update run, leading to a disclosure of sensitive information problem.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3261

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128834

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4

EPSS 0.0029

EPSS Percentile 20.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-319 CWE-256

Status published

Products (1)

redhat/openstack_platform 16.2

Published Sep 15, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026