What is CVE-2020-8356?

CVE-2020-8356 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Xclarity Orchestrator, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-8356?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lenovo Xclarity Orchestrator

CVE-2020-8356

An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, discovered that optional passwords, if specified, for the Syslog and SMTP forwarders are written to an internal LXCO log file in clear text. Affected logs are captured in…

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Lenovo Xclarity Orchestrator — versions unspecified
Lenovo Xclarity_orchestrator

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

psirt@lenovo.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8356?: CVE-2020-8356 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Xclarity Orchestrator, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-8356?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.