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Information ExposureWeakness · CWE-200

CVE-2025-25209

MEDIUM · 5.7 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-09
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click

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 · unedited
The AuthPolicy metadata on Red Hat Connectivity Link contains an object which stores secretes, however it assumes those secretes are already in the kuadrant-system instead of copying it to the referred namespace. This creates space for a malicious actor with a developer persona access to leak those secrets over HTTP connection, as long the attacker knows the name of the targeted secrets and those secrets are limited to one line only.

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 · moderate confidence

The AuthPolicy in Red Hat Connectivity Link incorrectly assumes secrets already exist in the kuadrant-system namespace rather than copying them to the referenced namespace. This allows authenticated developers to leak secrets over HTTP by knowing their names, though the attack is limited to single-line secrets.

MitigationImplement proper secret copying or namespace validation in AuthPolicy to ensure secrets are properly isolated and not accessible through unintended namespace paths.

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CVSS 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
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

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 checks

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  1. Check if Red Hat Connectivity Link is installed
    Run 'oc get pods -A | grep -i connectivity' or 'kubectl get pods -A | grep -i connectivity' to list connectivity-related pods, or check for the operator in 'oc get subscriptions -A'
    Affected if Red Hat Connectivity Link is not installed - not affected. If installed, continue to next checks.
  2. Identify AuthPolicy custom resources
    Run 'oc get authpolicy --all-namespaces' or 'kubectl get authpolicy --all-namespaces' to list all AuthPolicy resources in the cluster
    Affected if No AuthPolicy resources exist - not affected. If AuthPolicy exists, continue.
  3. Verify secrets are in the correct namespace
    Check if secrets referenced by AuthPolicy exist in the kuadrant-system namespace using 'oc get secrets -n kuadrant-system' or compare to the namespace referenced in the AuthPolicy spec
    Affected if Secrets referenced by AuthPolicy do NOT exist in kuadrant-system but exist in a different referenced namespace - potentially affected by the incorrect namespace assumption.
  4. Check for exposed HTTP endpoints handling secrets
    Review AuthPolicy configuration for HTTP API endpoints that serve or proxy secret data. Check routes and deny/allow rules using 'oc get authpolicy <name> -o yaml'
    Affected if AuthPolicy exposes HTTP endpoints that can serve secret content without proper namespace validation - potentially vulnerable.
  5. Verify secret copying mechanism is implemented
    Examine the AuthPolicy controller logs and configuration for evidence of secret copying versus namespace assumption. Check if the controller attempts to copy secrets to kuadrant-system or assumes they already exist there
    Affected if Controller assumes secrets exist in kuadrant-system without copying them from the referenced namespace - vulnerable.

A user is affected if Red Hat Connectivity Link with AuthPolicy is deployed, and secrets referenced in AuthPolicy policies are not properly isolated from the kuadrant-system namespace, allowing HTTP-based secret leakage by authenticated developers who know secret names.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper secret copying or namespace validation in AuthPolicy to ensure secrets are properly isolated and not accessible through unintended namespace paths.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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