CVE-2019-10139
During HE deployment via cockpit-ovirt, cockpit-ovirt generates an ansible variable file `/var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/cockpit/ansibleVarFileXXXXXX.var` which contains the admin and the appliance passwords as plain-text.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
During HE deployment via cockpit-ovirt, cockpit-ovirt generates an ansible variable file `/var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/cockpit/ansibleVarFileXXXXXX.var` which contains the admin and the appliance passwords as plain-text. At the of the deployment procedure, these files are deleted.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 16th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522, CWE-311
- Affected
- ovirt/cockpit-ovirt
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108396Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2433Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2437Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10139Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108396Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2433Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2437Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10139Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.