Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Lenovo xClarity Administrator
Priority LOW 33CWE-312Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.
Summary
In Lenovo xClarity Administrator versions earlier than 2.1.0, an attacker that gains access to the underlying LXCA file system user may be able to retrieve a credential store containing the service processor user names and passwords for servers previously managed by that LXCA instance, and potentially decrypt those credentials more easily than intended.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00462 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Lenovo xClarity Administrator (Lenovo Group Ltd.): 2.1.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Lenovo xClarity Administrator (Lenovo Group Ltd.) Fixed in 2.1.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-9065
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qgf7-mppg-p3h3
References
More Lenovo Xclarity Administrator vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-13070 OpenSLP releases in the 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 code streams have a heap-related memory… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-06786 Sensitive information in log files in Lenovo XClarity Administrator CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-02918 XML external entity injection in Lenovo XClarity Administrator CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2018-06582 Improper input validation in Lenovo xClarity Administrator CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-04361 Sensitive information in log files in Lenovo XClarity Administrator CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2018-06580 In Lenovo xClarity Administrator versions earlier than 2.1.0, an authenticated LXCA user… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-9065 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-9065 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qgf7-mppg-p3h3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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