Redpanda up to 22.1.11/22.2.9/22.3.11 AWS Credential missing encryption

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A vulnerability was found in Redpanda up to 22.1.11/22.2.9/22.3.11 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component AWS Credential Handler. The manipulation results in missing encryption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-24619. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Redpanda up to 22.1.11/22.2.9/22.3.11. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component AWS Credential Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Redpanda before 22.3.12 discloses cleartext AWS credentials. The import functionality in the rpk binary logs an AWS Access Key ID and Secret in cleartext to standard output, allowing a local user to view the key in the console, or in Kubernetes logs if stdout output is collected. The fixed versions are 22.3.12, 22.2.10, and 22.1.12.

The weakness was disclosed 02/13/2023. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-24619 since 01/30/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

Upgrading to version 22.1.12, 22.2.10 or 22.3.12 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-28634). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Redpanda

Version

• 22.1.0
• 22.1.1
• 22.1.2
• 22.1.3
• 22.1.4
• 22.1.5
• 22.1.6
• 22.1.7
• 22.1.8
• 22.1.9
• 22.1.10
• 22.1.11
• 22.2.0
• 22.2.1
• 22.2.2
• 22.2.3
• 22.2.4
• 22.2.5
• 22.2.6
• 22.2.7
• 22.2.8
• 22.2.9
• 22.3.0
• 22.3.1
• 22.3.2
• 22.3.3
• 22.3.4
• 22.3.5
• 22.3.6
• 22.3.7
• 22.3.8
• 22.3.9
• 22.3.10
• 22.3.11

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