# CVE-2023-0813: Network-observability-console-plugin-container: setting loki authtoken configuration to disable or host mode leads to authentication longer being enforced

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-15 · Updated: 2024-09-25

## Affected

- github.com/netobserv/network-observability-console-plugin: version range not reported
- network-observability/network-observability-console-plugin-rhel8: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the Network Observability plugin for OpenShift console. Unless the Loki authToken configuration is set to FORWARD mode, authentication is no longer enforced, allowing any user who can connect to the OpenShift Console in an OpenShift cluster to retrieve flows without authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/netobserv/network-observability-console-plugin, network-observability/network-observability-console-plugin-rhel8, 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0786
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0813
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2169468

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