# CVE-2014-7231: The strutils.mask\_password function in the OpenStack Oslo utility library, Cinder, Nova, and Trove before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-892, GHSA-V933-VX5P-J7W2
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.0
- Published: 2014-10-08 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- oslo-utils (PyPI): fixed in 0.2.0

## Description

The strutils.mask_password function in the OpenStack Oslo utility library, Cinder, Nova, and Trove before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.3 does not properly mask passwords when logging commands, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the log.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, oslo-utils, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/853
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96726
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1939.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/oslo.utils/+bug/1345233
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70184

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