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CVE-2022-3261

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3261 is a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting Red Hat OpenStack Platform. It allows plain-text passwords to be logged in /var/log/messages during overcloud updates, exposing sensitive credentials. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this network-exploitable flaw requires no user interaction and could lead to significant data compromise. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, organizations using affected OpenStack versions should prioritize remediation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 5th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: openstack

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-3261Moderate

openstack: plain-text passwords saved in /var/log/messages

Nov 18, 2022

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2022-3261
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory