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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.1

CVE-2019-14825 json

Katello cleartext password storage issue

published 2019-11-25 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r , EUVD-2022-4490

cvss
4.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A cleartext password storage issue was discovered in Katello, versions 3.x.x.x before katello 3.12.0.9. Registry credentials used during container image discovery were inadvertently logged without being masked. This flaw could expose the registry credentials to other privileged users.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems katello 3.12.2
  • theforeman katello 3.12.0.9
  • tfm satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 5.0-7.el7sat
  • kobo satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 0.5.1-1.el7sat
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 2.19.1.1-1.el7sat
  • gofer satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 2.12.5-5.el7sat
  • future satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 0.16.0-11.el7sat
  • ostree satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 2017.1-2.atomic.el7
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 1.22.0.32-1.el7sat
  • katello satellite capsule 6.6, satellite 6.6 3.12.0-2.el7sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3172

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-2019-14825 updated cvss 4.1

katello: registry credentials are captured in plain text during repository discovery

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.6 tfm 5.0-7.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, gofer 2.12.5-5.el7sat, pulp 2.19.1.1-1.el7sat, tfm-ror52 1.0-4.el7sat, future 0.16.0-11.el7sat, +448 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.6 tfm 5.0-7.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, gofer 2.12.5-5.el7sat, pulp 2.19.1.1-1.el7sat, tfm-ror52 1.0-4.el7sat, future 0.16.0-11.el7sat, +239 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3172

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Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 4.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems katello
>=3.0.0.0, <3.12.2
3.12.2

Affected products

  • Red Hat katello

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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.