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TI-2023-21183 Aliases CVE-2023-40354GHSA-vx3w-mr85-r8vr

An issue was discovered in MariaDB MaxScale before 23.02.3.

Priority LOW 29CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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-312.

Summary

An issue was discovered in MariaDB MaxScale before 23.02.3. A user enters an encrypted password on a "maxctrl create service" command line, but this password is then stored in cleartext in the resulting .cnf file under /var/lib/maxscale/maxscale.cnf.d. The fixed versions are 2.5.28, 6.4.9, 22.08.8, and 23.02.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00324 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:maxscale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.5.28; 6.0.0 to before 6.4.9; 22.08 to before 22.08.8; 23.02 to before 23.02.3VulnerableMariaDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:maxscale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.5.28; 6.0.0 to before 6.4.9; 22.08 to before 22.08.8; 23.02 to before 23.02.3 Vulnerable ·MariaDB

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40354
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vx3w-mr85-r8vr

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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