CVE-2023-52723 (GCVE-0-2023-52723)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In KDE libksieve before 23.03.80, kmanagesieve/session.cpp places a cleartext password in server logs because a username variable is accidentally given a password value.
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-29 14:45 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
5 references
Impacted products
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