CVE-2024-9432 (GCVE-0-2024-9432)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-30 19:29
VLAI
Title
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText™ Vertica.
Summary
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in OpenText™ Vertica allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.   The vulnerability could read Vertica agent plaintext apikey.This issue affects Vertica versions: 23.X, 24.X, 25.X.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:H/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L/U:Green
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenText™ Vertica Affected: 23.x (custom)
Affected: 24.x
Affected: 25.x
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Credits
Davide Brian Di Campi, TIM Security Red Team Research Massimiliano Brolli, TIM Security Red Team Research
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