FreeIPA logs passwords embedded in commands in calls using batch
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Sep 20, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 27, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Reviewed
Apr 29, 2024
Last updated
Sep 20, 2024
A flaw was found in IPA, all 4.6.x versions before 4.6.7, all 4.7.x versions before 4.7.4 and all 4.8.x versions before 4.8.3, in the way that FreeIPA's batch processing API logged operations. This included passing user passwords in clear text on FreeIPA masters. Batch processing of commands with passwords as arguments or options is not performed by default in FreeIPA but is possible by third-party components. An attacker having access to system logs on FreeIPA masters could use this flaw to produce log file content with passwords exposed.
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