Passwords are written to Admin Log Module
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
Passwords of agents and customers are displayed in plain text in the OTRS admin log module if certain configurations regarding the authentication sources match and debugging for the authentication backend has been enabled. This issue affects: * OTRS from 7.0.X through 7.0.50 * OTRS 8.0.X * OTRS 2023.X * OTRS from 2024.X through 2024.5.X * ((OTRS)) Community Edition: 6.0.x Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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-2024-43444
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m8cw-854g-5gvm
References
More OTRS AG vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-15787 Upload of files outside application directory CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2017-12458 In OTRS 6.0.x up to and including 6.0.1, OTRS 5.0.x up to and including 5.0.24, and OTRS… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-35608 SQL Injection via MySQL Quote Method CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-04991 SSL Certificates are not checked for E-Mail Handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2016-05069 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the FAQ package 2.x before 2.3.6, 4.x before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2022-04045 SQL Injection via OTRS Search API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-43444 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-43444 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m8cw-854g-5gvm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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