6.5

CVE-2017-12195: red hat openshift Improper Authentication

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2017:3188RHSA-2017:3389
Published 27-07-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

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.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last 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

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

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected 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

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