VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-10871

CVSS score3.8 LOW
EPSS probability1.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

389-ds-base before versions 1.3.8.5, 1.4.0.12 is vulnerable to a Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. By default, when the Replica and/or retroChangeLog plugins are enabled, 389-ds-base stores passwords in plaintext format in their respective changelog files. An attacker with sufficiently high privileges, such as root or Directory Manager, can query these files in order to retrieve plaintext passwords.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Primary references