VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5261

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. Due to the usage of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key used for the encryption of the rest of the session, the server and client disclose sensitive information, such as the authentication credentials, to any man-in-the-middle (MiTM) listener.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Primary references