CVE-2024-1139: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
A credentials leak vulnerability was found in the cluster monitoring operator in OCP. This issue may allow a remote attacker who has basic login credentials to check the pod manifest to discover a repository pull secret.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2024-1139 involves exposure of sensitive information due to a credentials leak in the cluster monitoring operator component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. An attacker with basic login credentials can retrieve pod manifests, which may contain repository pull secrets, thereby exposing sensitive credentials. This issue affects OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.14 and 4.15. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2024:1887 and RHSA-2024:1891 providing updated container images and packages that fix this vulnerability. The updates are available for multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. Users should upgrade their clusters using the OpenShift CLI or web console following the official upgrade instructions.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized exposure of sensitive credentials (repository pull secrets) to an attacker who already has basic login credentials. This can lead to credential compromise and potentially unauthorized access to container image repositories. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.7 (high severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality impact with no impact on integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official fixes for this vulnerability in OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.14.22 and 4.15.10. Users should upgrade to these versions or later as soon as possible. The vendor manages remediation for these on-premise/private cloud deployments via updated container images and RPM packages. Follow the official Red Hat upgrade documentation for OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 and 4.15 to apply the updates fully. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
CVE-2024-1139: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Description
A credentials leak vulnerability was found in the cluster monitoring operator in OCP. This issue may allow a remote attacker who has basic login credentials to check the pod manifest to discover a repository pull secret.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.7high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-1139 involves exposure of sensitive information due to a credentials leak in the cluster monitoring operator component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. An attacker with basic login credentials can retrieve pod manifests, which may contain repository pull secrets, thereby exposing sensitive credentials. This issue affects OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.14 and 4.15. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2024:1887 and RHSA-2024:1891 providing updated container images and packages that fix this vulnerability. The updates are available for multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. Users should upgrade their clusters using the OpenShift CLI or web console following the official upgrade instructions.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized exposure of sensitive credentials (repository pull secrets) to an attacker who already has basic login credentials. This can lead to credential compromise and potentially unauthorized access to container image repositories. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.7 (high severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality impact with no impact on integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official fixes for this vulnerability in OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.14.22 and 4.15.10. Users should upgrade to these versions or later as soon as possible. The vendor manages remediation for these on-premise/private cloud deployments via updated container images and RPM packages. Follow the official Red Hat upgrade documentation for OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 and 4.15 to apply the updates fully. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-31T20:48:06.154Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1887","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1891","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2047","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2782","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1139","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 690021eeba6dffc5e2226804
Added to database: 10/28/2025, 01:52:46 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 13:12:59 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:47 UTC
Views: 351
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