Credential disclosure via plaintext StatefulSet generation
Published Sep 27, 2023 · Updated Nov 20, 2025
Cleartext credential storage in Red Hat AMQ Broker Operator before 7.11.1 allows local users to read passwords from StatefulSet YAML. When an ActivemqArtemisSecurity resource references a security-properties-prop-module secret, the Operator copies its password values into the generated StatefulSet specification. Any low-privileged user permitted to view that StatefulSet can recover the credentials; integrity and availability are not affected.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext credential storage in Red Hat AMQ Broker Operator before 7.11.1 allows local users to read passwords from StatefulSet YAML. When an ActivemqArtemisSecurity resource references a security-properties-prop-module secret, the Operator copies its password values into the generated StatefulSet specification. Any low-privileged user permitted to view that StatefulSet can recover the credentials; integrity and availability are not affected.
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- CVE
- CVE-2023-4066
- Published
- Sep 27, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 20, 2025
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
- Classifications
- CWE-313, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Sep 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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