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Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

CVE-2024-25940

Severity Medium
Score 6.3/10

Summary

`bhyveload -h <host-path>` may be used to grant loader access to the <host-path> directory tree on the host. Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to <host-path>, allowing the loader to read any file the host user has access to. In the bhyveload(8) model, the host supplies a userboot.so to boot with, but the loader scripts generally come from the guest image. A maliciously crafted script could be used to exfiltrate sensitive data from the host accessible to the user running bhyhveload(8), which is often the system root.

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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-922 - Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

The software stores sensitive information without properly limiting read or write access by unauthorized actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published