CVE-2021-3684: OpenShift Assisted Installer leaks image pull secrets as plaintext in installation logs

March 24, 2023

A vulnerability was found in OpenShift Assisted Installer. During generation of the Discovery ISO, image pull secrets were leaked as plaintext in the installation logs. An authenticated user could exploit this by re-using the image pull secret to pull container images from the registry as the associated user.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1985962
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8xm-p2h4-v6jp
github.com/openshift/assisted-installer/commit/2403dad3795406f2c5d923af0894e07bc8b0bdc4
github.com/openshift/assisted-installer/commit/f3800cfa3d64ce6dcd6f7b73f0578bb99bfdaf7a
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3684

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