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Mirror Registry For Red Hat Openshift EUVDEUVD-2025-209308

| CVE-2025-14243 MEDIUM
Error Message Information Leak (CWE-209)
2026-04-08 redhat GHSA-v9gq-365f-qxxw
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Error message sanitization
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Discovery

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Impact

The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L) indicates network-accessible, low-complexity exploitation requiring no privileges or user interaction, resulting in a 5.3 score reflecting limited confidentiality impact. The EPSS score and exploitation probability are not provided, preventing comparative risk assessment against exploit likelihood; however, user enumeration attacks are generally trivial to automate and require minimal skill. There is no CISA KEV status or public proof-of-concept documentation in the input, indicating no confirmed active exploitation at this time. While the attack surface is broad (unauthenticated, remote, low complexity), the real-world impact is moderate: user enumeration enables targeted phishing, credential stuffing, or social engineering campaigns against known valid accounts, but does not directly compromise authentication or data confidentiality. Organizations running older versions should prioritize patching, but this is not a critical vulnerability warranting emergency response.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker sends authentication requests with common email addresses and usernames to the Mirror Registry login and account creation endpoints. By observing response differences (such as "user not found" versus "invalid password" error messages, HTTP status codes, or response timing), the attacker builds a list of valid registered users. This enumeration could then feed targeted phishing attacks against registry administrators or container pipeline operators, or credential stuffing attacks using breached password lists. The attack requires only HTTP network access to the registry and no authentication credentials.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Apr 08, 2026

OpenShift Mirror Registry leaks valid usernames and email addresses through inconsistent error messages during authentication and account creation, enabling unauthenticated remote attackers to enumerate registered users. CVSS score of 5.3 reflects the low confidentiality impact with no authentication required and low attack complexity; no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Apply the patch released by Red Hat for Mirror Registry. Consult the Red Hat Security Advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14243 and Bugzilla ticket 2419829 for the specific patched version applicable to your deployment. In interim periods, implement rate limiting and monitoring on authentication and account creation endpoints to detect enumeration attempts, and consider network-level access controls restricting these endpoints to trusted networks if operational context permits. Upgrade to the patched version as soon as testing and deployment windows allow.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability stems from CWE-209 (Information Exposure Through an Error Message), a class of flaw where disparate error responses reveal sensitive information. OpenShift Mirror Registry, a Red Hat container image registry component, fails to implement uniform error handling across authentication and account creation endpoints. An attacker can send requests to login and registration endpoints, analyzing response codes, messages, or timing differences to determine whether an email address or username exists in the system. This information disclosure attack requires no authentication (PR:N per CVSS vector) and no special user interaction, making it a low-complexity enumeration vector.

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Severity by source

Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Red Hat 5.3 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat).

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

A flaw was found in the OpenShift Mirror Registry. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to enumerate valid usernames and email addresses via different error messages during authentication failures and account creation.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 82% exploitable
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:mirror_registry_for_red_hat_openshift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:mirror_registry_for_red_hat_openshift_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor StatusVendor

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