Description
Baremetal Operator (BMO) is a bare metal host provisioning integration for Kubernetes. Prior to version 0.3.0, ironic and ironic-inspector deployed within Baremetal Operator using the included `deploy.sh` store their `.htpasswd` files as ConfigMaps instead of Secrets. This causes the plain-text username and hashed password to be readable by anyone having a cluster-wide read-access to the management cluster, or access to the management cluster's Etcd storage. This issue is patched in baremetal-operator PR#1241, and is included in BMO release 0.3.0 onwards. As a workaround, users may modify the kustomizations and redeploy the BMO, or recreate the required ConfigMaps as Secrets per instructions in baremetal-operator PR#1241.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| metal3-io | baremetal-operator | < 0.3.0 |
References
- https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/pull/1241Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-9wh7-397j-722mVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/pull/1241Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-9wh7-397j-722mVendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 26, 2023
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified