vulnerability
Red Hat: 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) | Aug 23, 2022 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 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
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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