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CVE-2017-15104 json

Information Exposure in Heketi

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-q9vw-wr57-xjv3 , GO-2022-0866 , EUVD-2022-1147

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An access flaw was found in Heketi 5, where the heketi.json configuration file was world readable. An attacker having local access to the Heketi server could read plain-text passwords from the heketi.json file.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/heketi/heketi 5.0.1, 5.0.1+incompatible
  • heketi storage 3.3 5.0.0-19.el7rhgs
  • heketi-client storage 3.3 5.0.0-19.el7rhgs
  • python-heketi storage 3.3 5.0.0-19.el7rhgs

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:3481

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-15104 updated cvss 5.5

heketi: Information disclosure through world readable file

  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-7 heketi 5.0.0-19.el7rhgs, heketi-client 5.0.0-19.el7rhgs, python-heketi 5.0.0-19.el7rhgs
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3481

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Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/heketi/heketi
<5.0.1
<5.0.1+incompatible
5.0.1
5.0.1+incompatible

Affected products

  • Heketi Heketi

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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