CVE-2023-28616

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNetwork Security

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

An issue was discovered in Stormshield Network Security (SNS) before 4.3.17, 4.4.x through 4.6.x before 4.6.4, and 4.7.x before 4.7.1. It affects user accounts for which the password has an equals sign or space character. The serverd process logs such passwords in cleartext, and potentially sends these logs to the Syslog component.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.7.0 ≤ v < 4.3.174.4.0 ≤ v < 4.6.44.7.0
Affected range stops below 4.3.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-319

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