CVE-2024-28981

HIGH

Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522)

2024-09-12 security.vulnerabilities@hitachivantara.com

Information Disclosure

8.5

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: hitachivantara

Severity by source

Vendor (hitachivantara) PRIMARY

8.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (hitachivantara) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: hitachivantara

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 12, 2024 - 00:15 cve.org

HIGH 8.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics versions before 10.1.0.0 and 9.3.0.8, including 8.3.x, discloses database passwords when searching metadata injectable fields.

AnalysisAI

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics versions before 10.1.0.0 and 9.3.0.8, including 8.3.x, discloses database passwords when searching metadata injectable fields. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522), which allows attackers to obtain user credentials due to weak protection mechanisms. Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics versions before 10.1.0.0 and 9.3.0.8, including 8.3.x, discloses database passwords when searching metadata injectable fields. Version information: before 10.1.0.0.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Hash passwords with strong algorithms (bcrypt, argon2), encrypt credentials in transit and at rest, never log credentials.