CVE-2023-40354

MEDIUM EPSS 18.3%

Published Aug 14, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

6.5 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Aug 14, 2023 2y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in MariaDB MaxScale before 23.02.3. A user enters an encrypted password on a "maxctrl create service" command line, but this password is then stored in cleartext in the resulting .cnf file under /var/lib/maxscale/maxscale.cnf.d. The fixed versions are 2.5.28, 6.4.9, 22.08.8, and 23.02.3.

CVSS Details

Base Score

6.5

Exploitability

2.8

Impact

3.6

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

18.3% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-312

Affected Products 4

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
mariadb	maxscale	*	<2.5.28
mariadb	maxscale	*	≥6.0.0 – <6.4.9
mariadb	maxscale	*	≥22.08 – <22.08.8
mariadb	maxscale	*	≥23.02 – <23.02.3

References 1

jira.mariadb.org https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-4681

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.