The web console login form in ovirt-engine before version 4.2.3 returned different errors for non-existent users and invalid passwords, all…

Published 8 y ago 2018-06-19 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

5.3

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.8%

percentile 79%

Public exploits

none known

The web console login form in ovirt-engine before version 4.2.3 returned different errors for non-existent users and invalid passwords, allowing an attacker to discover the names of valid user accounts.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.82% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
NVD	3.1	5.3	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
CNA	3.0	5.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

[UNKNOWN] ovirt-engine

Classification

Weakness

CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1073 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/104189 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:1525 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-1073
NVD: CVE-2018-1073

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