CVE-2019-3899
highpriority · track · 39OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
It was found that default configuration of Heketi does not require any authentication potentially exposing the management interface to misuse. This isue only affects heketi as shipped with Openshift Container Platform 3.11.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedheketi-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.src as a component of Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.5 on RHEL-7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255 - Fixedheketi-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.src as a component of Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255 - Fixedheketi-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.5 on RHEL-7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255 - Fixedheketi-client-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.5 on RHEL-7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255 - Fixedheketi-client-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255 - Fixedpython-heketi-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.5 on RHEL-7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255 - Workaroundheketi-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.src as a component of Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.5 on RHEL-7redhat_csaf
After installation of Heketi 1. configure user and admin key in /etc/heketi/heketi.json file ... { "_port_comment": "Heketi Server Port Number", "port": "8080", "_use_auth": "Enable JWT authorization. Please enable for deployment", "use_auth": true, "_jwt": "Private keys for access", "jwt": { "_admin": "Admin has access to all APIs", "admin": { "key": "My Secret" }, "_user": "User only has access to /volumes endpoint", "user": { "key": "My Secret" } }, ... 2. restart heketi server
- Workaroundheketi-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.src as a component of Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7redhat_csaf
After installation of Heketi 1. configure user and admin key in /etc/heketi/heketi.json file ... { "_port_comment": "Heketi Server Port Number", "port": "8080", "_use_auth": "Enable JWT authorization. Please enable for deployment", "use_auth": true, "_jwt": "Private keys for access", "jwt": { "_admin": "Admin has access to all APIs", "admin": { "key": "My Secret" }, "_user": "User only has access to /volumes endpoint", "user": { "key": "My Secret" } }, ... 2. restart heketi server
- Workaroundheketi-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.5 on RHEL-7redhat_csaf
After installation of Heketi 1. configure user and admin key in /etc/heketi/heketi.json file ... { "_port_comment": "Heketi Server Port Number", "port": "8080", "_use_auth": "Enable JWT authorization. Please enable for deployment", "use_auth": true, "_jwt": "Private keys for access", "jwt": { "_admin": "Admin has access to all APIs", "admin": { "key": "My Secret" }, "_user": "User only has access to /volumes endpoint", "user": { "key": "My Secret" } }, ... 2. restart heketi server
- Workaroundheketi-client-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.5 on RHEL-7redhat_csaf
After installation of Heketi 1. configure user and admin key in /etc/heketi/heketi.json file ... { "_port_comment": "Heketi Server Port Number", "port": "8080", "_use_auth": "Enable JWT authorization. Please enable for deployment", "use_auth": true, "_jwt": "Private keys for access", "jwt": { "_admin": "Admin has access to all APIs", "admin": { "key": "My Secret" }, "_user": "User only has access to /volumes endpoint", "user": { "key": "My Secret" } }, ... 2. restart heketi server
- Workaroundheketi-client-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7redhat_csaf
After installation of Heketi 1. configure user and admin key in /etc/heketi/heketi.json file ... { "_port_comment": "Heketi Server Port Number", "port": "8080", "_use_auth": "Enable JWT authorization. Please enable for deployment", "use_auth": true, "_jwt": "Private keys for access", "jwt": { "_admin": "Admin has access to all APIs", "admin": { "key": "My Secret" }, "_user": "User only has access to /volumes endpoint", "user": { "key": "My Secret" } }, ... 2. restart heketi server
- Workaroundpython-heketi-0:9.0.0-7.el7rhgs.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.5 on RHEL-7redhat_csaf
After installation of Heketi 1. configure user and admin key in /etc/heketi/heketi.json file ... { "_port_comment": "Heketi Server Port Number", "port": "8080", "_use_auth": "Enable JWT authorization. Please enable for deployment", "use_auth": true, "_jwt": "Private keys for access", "jwt": { "_admin": "Admin has access to all APIs", "admin": { "key": "My Secret" }, "_user": "User only has access to /volumes endpoint", "user": { "key": "My Secret" } }, ... 2. restart heketi server
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.3–9.8
weaknesses
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affected products (11)
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- redhat openshift container platform= 3.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2019:3255Red Hat Security Advisory: heketi security, bug fix, and enhancement update2019-10-30csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated heketi packages that fix one security issue, multiple bugs, and adds various enhancements is now available for OpenShift Container Storage 3.11 Batch 4 Update. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
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references (11)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3899cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1701091cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3899cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3899cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155033/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2019-3255-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.4029/cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3255enisa_euvd
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