Medium severity · published Aug 14, 2023
CVE-2023-40354
An issue was discovered in MariaDB MaxScale before 23.02.3
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Maxscale · Mariadb
before 2.5.28; 6.0.0 before 6.4.9; 22.08 before 22.08.8; 23.02 before 23.02.3 · source: NVD