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TI-2022-02600 Aliases CVE-2022-2805GHSA-r2ff-gw5r-6x3q

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in ovirt-engine

Priority LOW 29CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

A flaw was found in ovirt-engine, which leads to the logging of plaintext passwords in the log file when using otapi-style. This flaw allows an attacker with sufficient privileges to read the log file, leading to confidentiality loss.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00493 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—ovirt-engineovirt-engine 4.5.3—No fix listedCNA
  • ovirt-engine Vendor— Affected ovirt-engine 4.5.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2022:8502 Released 2022-11-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    RHV Manager (ovirt-engine) [ovirt-4.5.3] bug fix and security update
    • RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 ovirt-engine-4.5.3.2-1.el8ev, ovirt-engine-backend-4.5.3.2-1.el8ev, ovirt-engine-dbscripts-4.5.3.2-1.el8ev +22

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4Fixed RHSA-2022:8502

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2805
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2ff-gw5r-6x3q

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • 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
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