OpenshiftApplication · Redhat
CVE-2016-5409
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedRed Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for the GEARID cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to the cookies.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceRed Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 fails to set the HTTPOnly flag on the GEARID cookie in its Set-Cookie header. Without this flag, the cookie value is accessible to JavaScript via document.cookie, enabling XSS-based cookie theft attacks that could expose sensitive information.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
OpenshiftApplication
= 2.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify OpenShift installation and versionCheck the installed OpenShift version using the CLI (oc version) or review system packages to confirm the version is 2.0Affected if OpenShift Enterprise version is exactly 2.0
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Locate GEARID cookie in useCapture HTTP traffic or review application configuration to confirm the GEARID cookie is being set by the OpenShift environmentAffected if The GEARID cookie is present and used by the application
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Inspect Set-Cookie header for HttpOnly flagCapture a Set-Cookie response header from the OpenShift application (via browser DevTools, proxy, or curl -v) and inspect whether the HttpOnly attribute is included in the GEARID cookie definitionAffected if The Set-Cookie header for GEARID does NOT contain the HttpOnly flag
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Verify cookie accessible via JavaScriptOpen browser console and run document.cookie to list all accessible cookies, then search for the GEARID cookie value in the outputAffected if The GEARID cookie value appears in document.cookie output, confirming it is JavaScript-accessible
The environment is affected if OpenShift Enterprise 2.0 is in use and the GEARID cookie is set without the HttpOnly flag, allowing JavaScript access via document.cookie.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataAdd the HttpOnly attribute to the Set-Cookie header when the GEARID cookie is created in the OpenShift application code.
Fix this in Openshift
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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