Araxis Merge insufficiently protected credentials
Priority LOW 29CWE-522Published · Updated
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-522.
Summary
Araxis Merge for Windows version 2011.4074 through 2026.0 stores user-configured credentials for remote servers in the Windows registry and does not apply sufficient cryptographic protection. An authenticated, non-administrative attacker could retrieve and unencrypt all credentials the target user has stored in Merge.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00165 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Merge (Araxis): 2026.1
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 Merge (Araxis) Fixed in 2026.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92680
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hfv3-23j2-3cp6
Sources
- CVE-2026-92680 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-92680 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hfv3-23j2-3cp6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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