An inadequate encryption vulnerability discovered in CyberArk Credential Provider before…
Priority LOW 36CWE-327Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-327.
Summary
An inadequate encryption vulnerability discovered in CyberArk Credential Provider before 12.1 may lead to Information Disclosure. An attacker may realistically have enough information that the number of possible keys (for a credential file) is only one, and the number is usually not higher than 2^36.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01763 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-31796
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75qm-m8r5-4ccg
References
More CyberArk Credential Provider vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-11796 The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2021-11797 The effective key space used to encrypt the cache in CyberArk Credential Provider prior… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4
Sources
- CVE-2021-31796 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-31796 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-75qm-m8r5-4ccg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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