rust-iot-platform Cleartext Password Storage via User Model
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-256.
Summary
rust-iot-platform through commit 5df942ab stores user passwords in cleartext without hashing in the user model. Attackers can read API responses from user retrieval and listing routes to obtain plaintext credentials for all accounts.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82453
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3wcf-94mw-cwgf
References
More iot-ecology vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-56849 rust-iot-platform Authentication Bypass via Missing Request Guards CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-49945 rust-iot-platform Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Unsandboxed Calc-Rule Script Evaluation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-49944 rust-iot-platform Authentication Bypass via Non-Validated Authorization Header CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-82453 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-82453 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3wcf-94mw-cwgf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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