CVE-2024-53865High· 8.2▾ TwilightPython package "zhmcclient" stores passwords in clear text in its HMC and API logs
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 45.1 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via OSV
Last analysed / modified upstream
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0.1% → 0.1%
The Python package "zhmcclient" writes password-like properties in clear text into its HMC and API logs in the following cases:
This issue affects only users of the zhmcclient package that have enabled the Python loggers named "zhmcclient.api" (for the API log) or "zhmcclient.hmc" (for the HMC log) and that use the functions listed above.
Has been fixed in zhmcclient version 1.18.1
Not applicable, since fix is available.
None
zhmcclient < 1.18.1Upgrade to a patched release:
zhmcclient 1.18.1