Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director log file

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Red Hat OpenStack Platform. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Director. The manipulation results in log file. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-4840. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat OpenStack Platform (the affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown part of the component Director. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a log file vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-532. Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An flaw was found in the OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) director, a toolset for installing and managing a complete RHOSP environment. Plaintext passwords may be stored in log files, which can expose sensitive information to anyone with access to the logs.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4840 since 05/13/2024. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/30/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211791 (RHEL 9 : RHOSP 17.1.4 (openstack-tripleo-heat-templates) (RHSA-2024:9978)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (211791) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-44553). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

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Class: Log file
CWE: CWE-532 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 211791
Nessus Name: RHEL 9 : RHOSP 17.1.4 (openstack-tripleo-heat-templates) (RHSA-2024:9978)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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08/30/2025 +474 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4840 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4840
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-264036
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2024 22:30
Updated: 08/30/2025 21:14
Changes: 05/13/2024 22:30 (48), 05/13/2024 22:31 (6), 11/25/2024 06:45 (14), 11/25/2024 11:28 (2), 08/30/2025 21:14 (1)
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