Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.
Summary
An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, discovered that credentials for Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA), if added as a Resource Manager, are encoded then written to an internal LXCO log file each time a session is established with LXCA. Affected logs are captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log. The FFDC service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCO user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCO user that requested the file.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA XClarity Orchestrator (Lenovo) Fixed in 1.2.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator 1.2.2
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-06754 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Lenovo XClarity OrchestratorPriority LOW 23
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3417
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f2gj-pfpv-hh8v
References
More Lenovo Xclarity Orchestrator vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06754 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
Sources
- CVE-2021-3417 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-3417 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f2gj-pfpv-hh8v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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