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CVE-2022-38194 (GCVE-0-2022-38194)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-16 17:00 – Updated: 2025-04-10 14:57
VLAI
Title
Portal for ArcGIS system properties are not properly encrypted (10.8.1 only)
Summary
In Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.8.1, a system property is not properly encrypted. This may lead to a local user reading sensitive information from a properties file.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-10 14:50 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Esri Portal for ArcGIS Affected: 10.8.1
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Date Public
2022-06-28 00:00
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