What is CVE-2023-40354?

CVE-2023-40354 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mariadb Maxscale, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-40354?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mariadb Maxscale

CVE-2023-40354

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mariadb Maxscale
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40354?: CVE-2023-40354 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mariadb Maxscale, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-40354?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.