CVE-2020-5262 - Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Severity

55%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

60%

In EasyBuild before version 4.1.2, the GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) used by EasyBuild for the GitHub integration features (like `--new-pr`, `--fro,-pr`, etc.) is shown in plain text in EasyBuild debug log files. This issue is fixed in EasyBuild v4.1.2, and in the `master`+ `develop` branches of the `easybuild-framework` repository.

In EasyBuild before version 4.1.2, the GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) used by EasyBuild for the GitHub integration features (like `--new-pr`, `--fro,-pr`, etc.) is shown in plain text in EasyBuild debug log files. This issue is fixed in EasyBuild v4.1.2, and in the `master`+ `develop` branches of the `easybuild-framework` repository.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 4 years ago

2020-03-19 17:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-03-23 18:15:00

Affected Software

EasyBuild Project EasyBuild

References

https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/3248

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/3249

Patch, Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-2wx6-wc87-rmjm

Third Party Advisory

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