CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-2358

Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

Published: Sep 27, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.5.0.0 and 9.3.0.4, including 8.3.x.x, saves passwords of the Hadoop Copy Files step in plaintext. 

Weakness

The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Pentaho_business_analytics Hitachivantara * 9.3.0.5 (excluding)
Pentaho_business_analytics Hitachivantara 8.3.0.0 (including) 8.3.0.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References