Cross-site scripting in Red Hat ovirt-engine
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A cross-site scripting vulnerability was reported in the oVirt-engine's OAuth authorization endpoint before version 4.3.8. URL parameters were included in the HTML response without escaping. This flaw would allow an attacker to craft malicious HTML pages that can run scripts in the context of the user's oVirt session.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | ovirt-engine | 4.3.8 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- ovirt-engine VendorRed Hat Affected 4.3.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2020:3247 Released 2020-08-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHV Manager (ovirt-engine) 4.4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 novnc-1.1.0-1.el8ost, ovirt-engine-4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev, ovirt-engine-api-explorer-0.0.6-1.el8ev +21
- RHSA-2020:0498 Released 2020-02-13 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Virtualization Engine security, bug fix and enhancement update
- RHV-M 4.3 ovirt-engine-4.3.8.2-0.4.el7, ovirt-engine-backend-4.3.8.2-0.4.el7, ovirt-engine-dbscripts-4.3.8.2-0.4.el7 +29
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:3247 |
| RHV-M 4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0498 |
Not affected: 1 product
- RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19336
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-969f-386j-4c9x
References
More Red Hat Virtualization vulnerabilities
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- TI-2023-04522 Glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-02511 Incorrect authorization in polkit KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-00205 Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2019-19336 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-19336 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-969f-386j-4c9x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-19336 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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