CVE-2017-12195: red hat openshift Improper Authentication
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-12195 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Authentication vulnerability in red hat openshift. EPSS estimates a 1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 27-07-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in all Openshift Enterprise versions using the openshift elasticsearch plugin. An attacker with knowledge of the given name used to authenticate and access Elasticsearch can later access it without the token, bypassing authentication. This attack also requires that the Elasticsearch be configured with an external route, and the data accessed is limited to the indices.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST4.8MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
72%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.40% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat199 products
- openshift_container_platform3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7
- ansible< 0:2.3.2.0-2.el7
- ansible-asb-modules< 0:0.0.2-1.el7
- ansible-doc< 0:2.3.2.0-2.el7
- ansible-kubernetes-modules< 0:0.3.1-6.el7
Red hat1 product
- openshiftall
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References
552 links- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3188Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party AdvisoryAdvisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12195X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3389Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party AdvisoryAdvisory
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