# Katello cleartext password storage issue

Advisory record · `GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r` · `CVE-2019-14825`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.1 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-312](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html)
- **Tags:** [Information disclosure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/info-disclosure.md)
- **Published:** 24 May 2022
- **Updated:** 8 Nov 2023
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 24 May 2022, 17:01 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `katello` (RubyGems): affected `>=3.0.0.0, <3.12.2`; fixed in `3.12.2`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 4.1 Medium, CVSS 3.0: `CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`, from CNA (redhat)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0065, the 51st percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 24 May 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r)
- [OSV: GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14825>
- <https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/8244>
- <https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/8253>
- <https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/332484232b66b7907a8104a19ea97eb697b75c79>
- <https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/4eefa678a905140620ca8b390d48fe318d36e4ea>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172>
- <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14825>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1730668>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1739485>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14825>
- <https://github.com/Katello/katello>
- <https://github.com/Katello/katello/commits/3.12.2>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

---

The web page: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r/>. Everything for agents: <https://agentprime.io/llms.txt>.