File accessibility vulnerability in Delinea Secret Server
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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-552.
Summary
File accessibility vulnerability in Delinea Secret Server, in its v10.9.000002 and v11.4.000002 versions. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated user with administrative privileges to create a backup file in the application's webroot directory, changing the default backup directory to the wwwroot folder, and download it with some configuration files such as encryption.config/ and database.config stored in the wwwroot directory, exposing the database credentials in plain text.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delinea | Secret Server | v10.9.000002; v11.4.000002 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Secret Server VendorDelinea Affected v10.9.000002; v11.4.000002 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4588
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hg36-f8hx-frw9
References
More Delinea Secret Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-22363 Delinea Secret Server before 11.7.000001 allows attackers to bypass authentication via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-11959 Code injection in Delinea Secret Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2024-16879 User enumeration can occur in the Authentication REST API in Delinea PAM Secret Server… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-16877 In Delinea PAM Secret Server 11.4, it is possible for an attacker (with Administrator… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2025-11733 Failure in Password Rotation and Check-in Mechanism in Secret Server Allows Reuse of Credentials CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-16881 Broken Access Control in the Report functionality of Delinea PAM Secret Server 11.4… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-4588 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-4588 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hg36-f8hx-frw9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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