CVE-2016-7404: Information Exposure

June 21, 2019 (updated June 26, 2019)

OpenStack Magnum passes OpenStack credentials into the Heat templates creating its instances. While these should just be used for retrieving the instances’ SSL certificates, they allow full API access, though and can be used to perform any API operation the user is authorized to perform.

References

bugs.launchpad.net/magnum/+bug/1620536
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998182
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7404
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98467

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