Insecure password storage in User directory
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-256.
Summary
Credentials of built-in users are insecurely stored in the User directory of PcVue projects, all versions prior to 17.0.0. A local attacker could retrieve users’ credentials. Active Directory accounts are not affected by this vulnerability.
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA PcVue (arcinfo) Fixed in 17.0.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
arcinfo PcVue 17.0.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-12536 Weak encryption mechanism for User directoryPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-14867
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-63cg-fqr3-853j
References
Advisory 1
More arcinfo Pcvue 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-2026-14867 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-14867 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-63cg-fqr3-853j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences