vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2021-3917: coreos-installer: restrict access permissions on /boot/ignition{,/config.ign}
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Nov 12, 2021 | Nov 12, 2021 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 12, 2021
Added
Nov 12, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the coreos-installer, where it writes the Ignition config to the target system with world-readable access permissions. This flaw allows a local attacker to have read access to potentially sensitive data. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-coreos-installer
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