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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-2665

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.

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CVE-2017-2665
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1 Nov 2026, 06:31 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-2665

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jul 2018, 13:29 UTC

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",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-2665",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-2665"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "695c67dff0ffc361b8568a13366f027caa406222"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage_console:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "2.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.0",
            "r2.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2665.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:40.764802927Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2665"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-2665",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435003,
  "published_at": "2018-07-06T13:29:00.217+00:00"
}