Plaintext storage of LDAP password in Axxon One shared configuration
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
AxxonSoft Axxon One before 3.1.0 on Windows and Linux stores a password in plaintext in the SecurityManager shared configuration. A local attacker with read access to the configuration directory or to configuration backups can obtain the password of the LDAP directory service account from the main.conf file (CWE-256). The CVSS 4.0 score is 6.8 (MEDIUM), with a vector that requires low privileges and no user interaction and gives high confidentiality impact.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) in the SecurityManager shared configuration in AxxonSoft Axxon One before 3.1.0 on Windows and Linux allows a local attacker with read access to the configuration directory or to configuration backups to obtain the password of the LDAP directory service account via the main.conf configuration file.
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
Upgrade AxxonSoft Axxon One to version 3.1.0 or later, which fixes this issue. Versions before 3.1.0 are affected.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA Axxon One (AxxonSoft) Fixed in 3.1.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
AxxonSoft Axxon One — axxonsoft.com/legal/axxonsoft-vulnerability-disclosure-poli…
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-84174 Axxon One web client does not enforce default admin password changePriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-84172 User and role enumeration in AxxonSoft Axxon One security APIPriority LOW 23
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121021
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-73r7-q94j-p98r
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
More AxxonSoft vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-09387 PostgreSQL Upgrade from v10 to v17.4 in AxxonSoft Axxon One (C-Werk) 2.0.8 and earlier to… CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-09381 Outdated Third-Party NuGet Packages in AxxonSoft Axxon One VMS 2.0.0 through 2.0.4 CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2018-05381 AxxonSoft Axxon Next has Directory Traversal via an initial /css//..%2f substring in a URI. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-09386 Incorrect Memory Allocation in OpenSSL-Based Session Module in AxxonSoft Axxon One (C-Werk) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-84174 Axxon One web client does not enforce default admin password change CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-84175 LDAP bind password exposure in AxxonNet ARP Agent logs CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-121021 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121021 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-73r7-q94j-p98r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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