# CVE-2019-19335: During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the \`openshift-install\` command line tool creates an \`auth\` directory, with \`kubeconfig\` and

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat openshift/installer: ose-installer as shipped in Openshift 4.2

## Description

During installation of an OpenShift 4 cluster, the `openshift-install` command line tool creates an `auth` directory, with `kubeconfig` and `kubeadmin-password` files. Both files contain credentials used to authenticate to the OpenShift API server, and are incorrectly assigned word-readable permissions. ose-installer as shipped in Openshift 4.2 is vulnerable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat openshift/installer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-19335

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