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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2016-2142 json

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 uses world-readable permissions on the /etc/origin/master/master-config.yaml configuration file, which all…

published 2016-06-08 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3243

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 uses world-readable permissions on the /etc/origin/master/master-config.yaml configuration file, which allows local users to obtain Active Directory credentials by reading the file.

Patch / fix

  • atomic-openshift openshift 3.1 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos
  • atomic-openshift-pod openshift 3.1 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos
  • atomic-openshift-node openshift 3.1 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos
  • atomic-openshift-master openshift 3.1 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos
  • atomic-openshift-clients openshift 3.1 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos
  • atomic-openshift-recycle openshift 3.1 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos
  • atomic-openshift-sdn-ovs openshift 3.1 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos
  • atomic-openshift-dockerregistry openshift 3.1 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1038

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-2142 updated cvss 2.1

openshift: Bind password for AD account is stored in world readable file

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 atomic-openshift 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos, atomic-openshift-pod 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos, atomic-openshift-node 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos, atomic-openshift-master 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos, atomic-openshift-clients 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos, atomic-openshift-recycle 3.1.1.6-6.git.43.f583589.el7aos, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1038

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Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.