CVE-2016-5411

critical
Published 2017-06-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

/var/lib/ovirt-engine/setup/engine-DC-config.py in Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) before 1.0 GA is created world readable and contains the root password of the deployed system.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366412

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel-not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhatquickstart_cloud_installer0.9

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.