CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-40463

7.2 HIGH Published 2023-12-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-12-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-798

Description

When configured in debugging mode by an authenticated user with administrative privileges, ALEOS 4.16 and earlier store the SHA512 hash of the common root password for that version in a directory accessible to a user with root privileges or equivalent access.

Affected configurations

• sierrawireless aleos (<= 4.16.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness

References