High
Security advisory
The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plain text.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-2665
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plain text.
osv:CVE-2017-2665
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2665",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2017-2665",
"summary": "The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plain text.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-2665",
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"severity": "high",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:40.764802927Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2665"
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},
"related_cves": [
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 435003,
"published_at": "2018-07-06T13:29:00.217+00:00"
}