📄 Description (English)
A flaw was found in the OpenShift Mirror Registry. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to enumerate valid usernames and email addresses via different error messages during authentication failures and account creation.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2025-14243 is a user enumeration vulnerability in OpenShift Mirror Registry that allows unauthenticated attackers to discover valid usernames and email addresses through differential error messages. While the CVSS score is medium (5.3), this information disclosure can facilitate targeted attacks and social engineering campaigns. No patch is currently available, requiring immediate compensating controls.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 29, 2026 10:06
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations using OpenShift Mirror Registry for container management face elevated risk of credential compromise and targeted phishing attacks. Most impacted sectors include: Government (NCA, CITC infrastructure), Banking (SAMA-regulated institutions using containerized systems), Telecommunications (STC, Mobily container deployments), Energy (ARAMCO digital infrastructure), and Healthcare (MOH systems). The vulnerability enables attackers to build targeted username lists for brute-force and social engineering attacks against critical infrastructure.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government (NCA, CITC)
Banking (SAMA-regulated institutions)
Telecommunications (STC, Mobily)
Energy (ARAMCO, Saudi Electricity Company)
Healthcare (Ministry of Health)
Education (Universities with container infrastructure)
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
6.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Audit OpenShift Mirror Registry deployments across your organization to identify exposed instances
2. Implement network-level access controls restricting registry access to authorized networks only
3. Enable authentication requirement for all registry endpoints (disable anonymous access)
4. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block enumeration patterns
Compensating Controls:
1. Implement rate limiting on authentication endpoints (max 5 failed attempts per IP per 15 minutes)
2. Configure identical error messages for both valid and invalid usernames during login/registration
3. Enable comprehensive logging of all authentication attempts with IP tracking
4. Deploy SIEM alerts for multiple failed authentication attempts from single source
5. Implement CAPTCHA on authentication forms to prevent automated enumeration
6. Use VPN/bastion host access model for registry administration
Detection Rules:
1. Monitor for multiple authentication failures with varying usernames from same IP
2. Alert on rapid sequential requests to /auth, /login, /register endpoints
3. Track error message variations in authentication responses
4. Flag accounts with suspicious creation patterns (bulk account discovery attempts)
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تدقيق نشرات OpenShift Mirror Registry عبر مؤسستك لتحديد الحالات المكشوفة
2. تطبيق عناصر تحكم الوصول على مستوى الشبكة لتقييد وصول السجل للشبكات المصرح بها فقط
3. تفعيل متطلبات المصادقة لجميع نقاط نهاية السجل (تعطيل الوصول المجهول)
4. نشر قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) للكشف عن أنماط التعداد وحجبها
عناصر التحكم البديلة:
1. تطبيق تحديد معدل على نقاط نهاية المصادقة (5 محاولات فاشلة كحد أقصى لكل IP كل 15 دقيقة)
2. تكوين رسائل خطأ متطابقة لأسماء المستخدمين الصحيحة وغير الصحيحة أثناء تسجيل الدخول/التسجيل
3. تفعيل تسجيل شامل لجميع محاولات المصادقة مع تتبع IP
4. نشر تنبيهات SIEM لمحاولات مصادقة متعددة فاشلة من مصدر واحد
5. تطبيق CAPTCHA على نماذج المصادقة لمنع التعداد الآلي
6. استخدام نموذج وصول VPN/bastion host لإدارة السجل
قواعد الكشف:
1. مراقبة فشل المصادقة المتعددة مع أسماء مستخدمين مختلفة من نفس IP
2. تنبيه الطلبات المتسلسلة السريعة لنقاط النهاية /auth و /login و /register
3. تتبع اختلافات رسائل الخطأ في استجابات المصادقة
4. وضع علامة على الحسابات ذات أنماط الإنشاء المريبة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Access Control Policies
ECC 2024 A.5.2.1 - User Registration and Access Rights Management
ECC 2024 A.5.3.1 - Password Management
ECC 2024 A.12.4.1 - Event Logging
ECC 2024 A.12.4.3 - Administrator and Operator Logs
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-1 - Asset Management
PR.AC-1 - Access Control Policy
PR.AC-6 - Access Control Implementation
DE.CM-1 - Detection and Analysis
DE.AE-1 - Anomalies and Events
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1.1 - Policies for information security
A.5.2.1 - User registration and access rights
A.5.3.1 - Password management
A.8.1.1 - User endpoint devices
A.12.4.1 - Event logging
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
Requirement 2.1 - Default security parameters
Requirement 6.5.10 - Broken authentication
Requirement 8.1.1 - User identification
Requirement 10.2.1 - User access logging