CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-36081

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: May 19, 2024 | Modified: Aug 26, 2024

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36081
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/256.html

Westermo EDW-100 devices through 2024-05-03 allow an unauthenticated user to download a configuration file containing a cleartext password. NOTE: this is a serial-to-Ethernet converter that should not be placed at the edge of the network.

Weakness

Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise.

Potential Mitigations

References

https://www.westermo.com/-/media/Files/Cyber-security/westermo_sa_EDW-100_24-05.pdf

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