CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-31043

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Apr 23, 2023 | Modified: May 02, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

EnterpriseDB EDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) before 14.6.0 logs unredacted passwords in situations where optional parameters are used with CREATE/ALTER USER/GROUP/ROLE, and redacting was configured with edb_filter_log.redact_password_commands. The fixed versions are 10.23.33, 11.18.29, 12.13.17, 13.9.13, and 14.6.0.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Postgres_advanced_server Enterprisedb * *
Postgres_advanced_server Enterprisedb 11.1.7 *
Postgres_advanced_server Enterprisedb 12.1.2 *
Postgres_advanced_server Enterprisedb 13.1.4 *
Postgres_advanced_server Enterprisedb 14.1.0 *

Extended Description

Because the information is stored in cleartext (i.e., unencrypted), attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information. When organizations adopt cloud services, it can be easier for attackers to access the data from anywhere on the Internet. In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of “double encryption” (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.

Potential Mitigations

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