Insufficient verification of data authenticity in Delinea Secret Server
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-345.
Summary
Insufficient verification of data authenticity vulnerability in Delinea Secret Server, in its v10.9.000002 version. An attacker with an administrator account could perform software updates without proper integrity verification mechanisms. In this scenario, the update process lacks digital signatures and fails to validate the integrity of the update package, allowing the attacker to inject malicious applications during the update.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4589
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-985m-g277-8fjr
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-2023-4589 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-4589 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-985m-g277-8fjr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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