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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-22 15:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-523 - Unprotected transport of credentials
Assigner
NCSC.ch CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 74 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
syslink software AG Avantra Affected: 0 , < 25.3.0 (semver)
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Credits
Vicxer Inc.
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