CVE-2024-6833 (GCVE-0-2024-6833)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-17 14:41 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Zowe CLI Auto-Init Leaks Credentials Locally
Summary
A vulnerability in Zowe CLI allows local, privileged actors to store previously entered secure credentials in a plaintext file as part of an auto-init operation.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-17 15:25 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli/ | product |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Mainframe Project | Zowe |
Affected:
7.18.0 , < 7.23.5
(semver)
|
guessed |
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