CVE-2024-6833 (GCVE-0-2024-6833)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-17 14:41 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:45
VLAI
Title
Zowe CLI Auto-Init Leaks Credentials Locally
Summary
A vulnerability in Zowe CLI allows local, privileged actors to store previously entered secure credentials in a plaintext file as part of an auto-init operation.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C/CR:M/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:L/MAC:L/MPR:L/MUI:R/MS:C/MC:H/MI:N/MA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-17 15:25 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-257 - Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
  • CWE-313 - Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk
Assigner
Zowe CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Open Mainframe Project Zowe Affected: 7.18.0 , < 7.23.5 (semver)
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Credits
Broadcom Inc.
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