VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-40354

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-312

Primary references