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CVE-2019-14825 — katello

LOWFix: Katello/katello#8244

CVE-2019-14825 is a low-severity (CVSS 2.7) CWE-312 vulnerability in katello. A fix is available for katello — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Katello cleartext password storage issue

Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 1, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.7%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk+0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs51th percentile — riskier than 51% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.38%0.77%1.15%0.2%0.7%May 26Aug 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
💎katello

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Description

A cleartext password storage issue was discovered in Katello, versions 3.x.x.x before katello 3.12.0.9. Registry credentials used during container image discovery were inadvertently logged without being masked. This flaw could expose the registry credentials to other privileged users.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
💎RubyGemskatello≥ 3.0.0.0&&< 3.12.23.12.2bundle update katello --conservative

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
katellotheforeman
≥ 3.0.0.0 && < 3.12.0.9
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for katello, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update katello to 3.12.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2019-14825 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

Red HatLow
ProductFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Satellite 6.6 for RHEL 7ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0:0.0.3-1.el7satRHSA-2019:3172

Frequently Asked Questions

A cleartext password storage issue was discovered in Katello, versions 3.x.x.x before katello 3.12.2. Registry credentials used during container image discovery were inadvertently logged without being masked. This flaw could expose the registry credentials to other privileged users.
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CVE-2019-14825: katello — Fixed in 3.12.2