Storage of passwords in a reversible format
Priority LOW 32CWE-257Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-327.
Summary
ANDRITZ HIPASE-250 (formerly 250 SCALA) in affected versions stores and transmits user passwords using a reversible format instead of a one-way password hash. This allows an attacker able to read the credential store or capture network traffic to recover all stored passwords.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00245 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed HIPASE-250 (ANDRITZ): 7.50250 SCALA (ANDRITZ): 7.50
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 HIPASE-250 (ANDRITZ) Fixed in 7.50
- Fix · CNA 250 SCALA (ANDRITZ) Fixed in 7.50
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-65309
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9mhg-63g6-hvrp
References
Other 1
More ANDRITZ vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-46517 Missing authentication and permissive CORS policy CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-46519 Use of hard-coded VNC credentials in the engineering-workstation provisioning CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-46518 Missing authentication for logging-configuration endpoint CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-65309 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-65309 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9mhg-63g6-hvrp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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