CVE-2026-8673 (GCVE-0-2026-8673)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 13:18 – Updated: 2026-05-22 15:04
VLAI
Title
Password re-initialization mechanism sends passwords in plain text
Summary
Unprotected transport of credentials vulnerability in syslink software AG Avantra on Linux, Windows allows Sniffing Attacks.
This issue affects Avantra: before 25.3.0.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-523 - Unprotected transport of credentials
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://support.avantra.com/hc/en-us/articles/553… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| syslink software AG | Avantra |
Affected:
0 , < 25.3.0
(semver)
|
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