CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2018-1000060 — Sensu Sensu Core security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.8

Sensu, Inc. Sensu Core version Before 1.2.0 & before commit 46ff10023e8cbf1b6978838f47c51b20b98fe30b contains a CWE-522 vulnerability in Sensu::Utilities.redact_sensitive() that can result in sensitive configuration data (e.g. passwords) may be logged in clear-text. This attack appear to be exploitable via victims with configuration matching a specific pattern will observe sensitive data outputted in their service log files. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.2.1 and later, after commit 46ff10023e8cbf1b6978838f47c51b20b98fe30b.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.0)
Published
2018-02-09
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-532

Affected products

  • sensu / sensu_core

Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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