CVE-2024-7259

A flaw was found in oVirt. A user with administrator privileges, including users with the ReadOnlyAdmin permission, may be able to use browser developer tools to view Provider passwords in cleartext.

CVSS v3 4.4 MEDIUM

4.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.7 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7259	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314229	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ovirt:ovirt-engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 Jul 2025, 15:46

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7259 -~~	() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7259 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314229 -~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314229 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
First Time		Redhat virtualization Ovirt Redhat Ovirt ovirt-engine
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ovirt:ovirt-engine::::::::

26 Sep 2024, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-09-26 16:15

Updated : 2025-07-30 15:46

NVD link : CVE-2024-7259

Mitre link : CVE-2024-7259

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-7259

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

virtualization

ovirt

ovirt-engine

CWE

CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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