Noobaa OperatorApplication · Redhat
CVE-2021-3528
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 · uneditedA flaw was found in noobaa-operator in versions before 5.7.0, where internal RPC AuthTokens between the noobaa operator and the noobaa core are leaked into log files. An attacker with access to the log files could use this AuthToken to gain additional access into noobaa deployment and can read/modify system configuration.
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 analysisCredentials are stored or transmitted without adequate protection, so an attacker who reaches them can reuse them directly. One weak link here can unravel an entire system. Remediation means strong hashing for stored secrets, encryption in transit, and never writing credentials to logs.
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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
Noobaa OperatorApplication
< 5.7.0CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
dbcve · scoped5.7.0
Noobaa Operator 5.7.0 or later
- Identify the current Noobaa Operator version running in the cluster using 'kubectl get deployment -n noobaa noobaa-operator' or 'oc get deployment -n noobaa noobaa-operator'
- Review the Noobaa Operator 5.7.0 release notes to understand changes and ensure compatibility with the environment
- Backup the current Noobaa configuration by exporting existing custom resources: 'kubectl get noobaa -o yaml -n noobaa > noobaa-backup.yaml'
- Upgrade the Noobaa Operator to version 5.7.0 or later using the appropriate method (OLM bundle, Helm chart, or YAML manifests)
- Verify the operator pods are running correctly after upgrade: 'kubectl get pods -n noobaa -l app=noobaa'
- Confirm the fix is applied by reviewing that AuthTokens are no longer written to log files
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