Kurt Seifried of Red Hat reports:

The authd rpm creates the /etc/ident.key file using the following rpm postinstall script:

/usr/bin/openssl rand -base64 -out /etc/ident.key 32
echo CHANGE THE LINE ABOVE TO A PASSPHRASE >> /etc/ident.key
/bin/chown ident:ident /etc/ident.key
chmod o-rw /etc/ident.key

this can lead to the contents of the file being exposed between the time the file is created and the chmod command runs. I would suggest setting umask 077 first. 

Additionally this secret value needs to be unique per instance or install but this value is created at install-time and not during the first run. All container and image instances created would share the same password as this password is set at rpm install time, and each instance should recieve a unique password. 

This bug is being file because Product Security considers "first run problems" to be bugs with the source package and with the container or image only in the aggregate. This view is in collaboration with upstream Fedora. See: https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/506

The recommended resolution for services is to follow the "First-time Service Setup" pattern (see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Initial_Service_Setup ). Other packages may should use a runtime check and generation or similar procedure.