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CVE-2018-10871
LOW · CVSS 3.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-18T13:29:00.210 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:34:48.447

Summary

389-ds-base before versions 1.3.8.5, 1.4.0.12 is vulnerable to a Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. By default, when the Replica and/or retroChangeLog plugins are enabled, 389-ds-base stores passwords in plaintext format in their respective changelog files. An attacker with sufficiently high privileges, such as root or Directory Manager, can query these files in order to retrieve plaintext passwords.

Affected products

fedoraproject — 389_directory_server

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References

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