Summary
Ironic and ironic-inspector may expose as ConfigMaps
Workarounds
User may modify the kustomizations and redeploy the BMO, or recreate the required ConfigMaps as Secrets per instructions in baremetal-operator PR#1241
Impact
Ironic and ironic-inspector deployed within Baremetal Operator using the included deploy.sh store their .htpasswd files as ConfigMaps instead of Secrets. This causes the plain-text username and hashed password to be readable by anyone having a cluster-wide read-access to the management cluster, or access to the management cluster's Etcd storage.
CVE-2023-30841 has a CVSS score of 6.0 (Medium). The vector is requires local access, high privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. A fixed version is available (0.3.0); upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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This issue is patched in baremetal-operator PR#1241, and is included in BMO release 0.3.0 onwards.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2023-30841? CVE-2023-30841 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator (go), affecting versions < 0.3.0. It is fixed in 0.3.0.
- How severe is CVE-2023-30841? CVE-2023-30841 has a CVSS score of 6.0 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Which versions of github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator are affected by CVE-2023-30841? github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator (go) versions < 0.3.0 is affected.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2023-30841? Yes. CVE-2023-30841 is fixed in 0.3.0. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is CVE-2023-30841 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2023-30841 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2023-30841 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix CVE-2023-30841? Upgrade
github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operatorto 0.3.0 or later.