Medium severity · published Jan 30, 2026
CVE-2024-9432
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText™ Vertica.
6.9
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in OpenText™ Vertica allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.
The vulnerability could read Vertica agent plaintext apikey.This issue affects Vertica versions: 23.X, 24.X, 25.X.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VE
Vertica · OpenText™
23.x; 24.x; 25.x · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9432
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9432
portal.microfocus.com
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000044937?language=en_US
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