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CVE-2018-17954

crowbar provision leaks admin password to all nodes in cleartext

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2020 at 07:05 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:46 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorOpenstack CloudOpenstack Cloud Crowbar

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

An Improper Privilege Management in crowbar of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 allows root users on any crowbar managed node to cause become root on any other node. This issue affects: SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 crowbar-core versions prior to 4.0+git.1578392992.fabfd186c-9.63.1, crowbar-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ardana-cinder versions prior to 8.0+git.1579279939.ee7da88-3.39.3, ardana-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ardana-ansible versions prior to 9.0+git.1581611758.f694f7d-3.16.1, ardana-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 crowbar-core versions prior to 5.0+git.1582968668.1a55c77c5-3.35.4, crowbar-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 crowbar-core versions prior to 6.0+git.1582892022.cbd70e833-3.19.3, crowbar-.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Openstack Cloud· SUSE
95%
ardana-ansible ≤ v < 9.0+git.1581611758.f694f7d-3.16.1, ardana-ardana-cinder ≤ v < 8.0+git.1579279939.ee7da88-3.39.3, ardana-crowbar-core ≤ v < 4.0+git.1578392992.fabfd186c-9.63.1, crowbar-7.08.09.0ardana-ansibleardana-cindercrowbar-core
Affected range stops below 4.0+git.1578392992.fabfd186c-9.63.1, crowbar-, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.0+git.1579279939.ee7da88-3.39.3, ardana-, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0+git.1581611758.f694f7d-3.16.1, ardana-, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Openstack Cloud Crowbar· SUSE
95%
crowbar-core ≤ v < 5.0+git.1582968668.1a55c77c5-3.35.4, crowbar-crowbar-core ≤ v < 6.0+git.1582892022.cbd70e833-3.19.3, crowbar-8.09.0crowbar-core
Affected range stops below 5.0+git.1582968668.1a55c77c5-3.35.4, crowbar-, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.0+git.1582892022.cbd70e833-3.19.3, crowbar-, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117080

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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