Vulnerability in Cyberark Credential Provider
CVE-2021-31798
The effective key space used to encrypt the cache in CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 has low entropy, and under certain conditions a local malicious user can obtain the plaintext of cache files.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.cyberark.com/resources/blog (Product)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/3 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2021-010.txt (Third Party Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/164035/CyberArk-Credential-Provider-Local-Cache-D… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-31798?
- CVE-2021-31798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cyberark Credential Provider, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-09-02.
- How severe is CVE-2021-31798?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.