Client Secret not checked with OAuth Password grant type
Priority LOW 12CWE-358Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Client secret is not checked when using the OAuth Password grant type. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could connect to a web server using a client application not explicitly authorized as part of the OAuth deployment. Exploitation requires valid credentials and does not permit the attacker to bypass user privileges.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00357 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed PcVue (arcinfo): 16.2.2
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA PcVue (arcinfo) Fixed in 16.2.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12056
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mc9v-rq2q-h4r4
References
More arcinfo vulnerabilities
- TI-2011-03570 Integer overflow in an unspecified ActiveX control in SVUIGrd.ocx in ARC Informatique… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2011-03569 An unspecified ActiveX control in SVUIGrd.ocx in ARC Informatique PcVue 6.0 through 10.0… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2020-16302 ARC Informatique PcVue Deserialization of Untrusted Data CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2011-03571 An unspecified ActiveX control in SVUIGrd.ocx in ARC Informatique PcVue 6.0 through 10.0… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8
- TI-2026-12536 Weak encryption mechanism for User directory CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2020-16303 ARC Informatique PcVue Access to Critical Private Variable via Public Method CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-12056 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-12056 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mc9v-rq2q-h4r4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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