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Werk #6709: Fixed possible information disclosure to apache log when editing users

Component Setup
Title Fixed possible information disclosure to apache log when editing users
Date Sep 21, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Security Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0p5 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.4.0p37 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

An administrator has the ability to create new users. The credentials of a newly created user were visible within the HTML of the resulting web page as GET parameter of various hyperlinks. If one of these links was clicked, the credentials were stored in the administrator’s browser history and in the access logs of the server.

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