CVE-2024-26133

EventStoreDB Projections Subsystem has potential password leak

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: February 21, 2024 at 04:49 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEventstoredbEventstoredb

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

EventStoreDB (ESDB) is an operational database built to store events. A vulnerability has been identified in the projections subsystem in versions 20 prior to 20.10.6, 21 prior to 21.10.11, 22 prior to 22.10.5, and 23 prior to 23.10.1. Only database instances that use custom projections are affected by this vulnerability. User passwords may become accessible to those who have access to the chunk files on disk, and users who have read access to system streams. Only users in the `$admins` group can access system streams by default. ESDB 23.10.1, 22.10.5, 21.10.11, and 20.10.6 contain a patch for this issue. Users should upgrade EventStoreDB, reset the passwords for current and previous members of `$admins` and `$ops` groups, and, if a password was reused in any other system, reset it in those systems to a unique password to follow best practices. If an upgrade cannot be done immediately, reset the passwords for current and previous members of `$admins` and `$ops` groups. Avoid creating custom projections until the patch has been applied.

Affected

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

20.10.0 ≤ v < 20.10.621.10.0 ≤ v < 21.10.1122.10.0 ≤ v < 22.10.523.10.0 ≤ v < 23.10.1
Affected range stops below 20.10.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.10.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 22.10.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 23.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 20.10.6v < 21.10.11v < 22.10.5v < 23.10.1
Affected range stops below 20.10.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 21.10.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 22.10.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 23.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

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
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-256CWE-522

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