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TI-2017-01872 Aliases CVE-2017-2621GHSA-93f2-xp2g-gqxp

Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat openstack-heat

Priority LOW 25CWE-552Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-552.

Summary

An access-control flaw was found in the OpenStack Orchestration (heat) service before 8.0.0, 6.1.0 and 7.0.2 where a service log directory was improperly made world readable. A malicious system user could exploit this flaw to access sensitive information.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00413 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red Hatopenstack-heatopenstack-heat-8.0.0; openstack-heat-6.1.0; openstack-heat-7.0.2—No fix listedCNA
  • openstack-heat VendorRed Hat Affected openstack-heat-8.0.0; openstack-heat-6.1.0; openstack-heat-7.0.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.0.0VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.0.0 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2017:1464 Released 2017-06-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-heat security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 openstack-heat-1:6.1.0-3.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-1:6.1.0-3.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-cfn-1:6.1.0-3.el7ost +4
  • RHSA-2017:1243 Released 2017-05-17 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-heat security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 openstack-heat-1:7.0.2-4.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-1:7.0.2-4.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-cfn-1:7.0.2-4.el7ost +4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0Fixed RHSA-2017:1243
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0Fixed RHSA-2017:1464
Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-2621
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-93f2-xp2g-gqxp

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2016-05707 Oracle MySQL through 5.5.52, 5.6.x through 5.6.33, and 5.7.x through 5.7.15; MariaDB… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-07980 Memory Corruption was discovered in the cmsgpack library in the Lua subsystem in Redis… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-07599 Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.20 to 2.4.43. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06950 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a settings flood, potentially leading to a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-15768 Memcached version 1.5.5 contains an Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06949 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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