CVE-2023-6725

Publication date 15 March 2024

Last updated 1 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An access-control flaw was found in the OpenStack Designate component where private configuration information including access keys to BIND were improperly made world readable. A malicious attacker with access to any container could exploit this flaw to access sensitive information.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
designate	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

In Ubuntu, the /etc/designate directory isn't world-readable, so this likely isn't an issue. Deferring this CVE until we get more information.

yomonokio

The issue is specific to RH OpenStack Platform packaging

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.6 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L