CVE-2023-4400

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 13, 2023 at 06:53 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:37 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSecure Web Gateway

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A password management vulnerability in Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (SWG) in main releases 11.x prior to 11.2.14, 10.x prior to 10.2.25 and controlled release 12.x prior to 12.2.1, allows some authentication information stored in configuration files to be extracted through SWG REST API. This was possible due to SWG storing the password in plain text in some configuration files.

Affected

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

10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.2.2510.x ≤ v < 10.2.2511.0.0 ≤ v < 11.2.1411.x ≤ v < 11.2.1412.0.0 ≤ v < 12.2.112.x ≤ v < 12.2.110.x11.x12.x
Affected range stops below 10.2.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.2.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-256CWE-312

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