VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2023-38994
CVSS score7.9 HIGH
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-10-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description
The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privileges and perform followup attacks. By default, the configuration of UCS does not allow local ssh access for regular users.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-668
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory