CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-0188

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The openshift-origin-broker in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.0.5, 1.2.7, and earlier has an issue with handling authentication requests from the remote-user auth plugin. This allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and impersonate arbitrary users via the X-Remote-User header.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can gain access to the system as another user, potentially leading to unauthorized access to organizational data and resources.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of Red Hat OpenShift to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures to protect against unauthorized access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The openshift-origin-broker in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.0.5, 1.2.7, and earlier does not properly handle authentication requests from the remote-user auth plugin, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and impersonate arbitrary users via the X-Remote-User header in a request to a passthrough trigger.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS