What is CVE-2024-6833?

CVE-2024-6833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open Mainframe Project Zowe, classified under CWE-257: STORING PASSWORDS IN A RECOVERABLE FORMAT. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-6833?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-6833 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Open Mainframe Project Zowe

CVE-2024-6833

A vulnerability in Zowe CLI allows local, privileged actors to store previously entered secure credentials in a plaintext file as part of an auto-init operation.

EPSS: 0.001 (3.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Open Mainframe Project Zowe — versions 7.18.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

zowe-security@lists.openmainframeproject.org (product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6833?: CVE-2024-6833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open Mainframe Project Zowe, classified under CWE-257: STORING PASSWORDS IN A RECOVERABLE FORMAT. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-6833?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6833 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.