CVE-2021-23896 json
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in McAfee DBSec
published 2021-06-02 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-10822
- cvss
- 3.2
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the administrator interface of McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows an administrator to view the unencrypted password of the McAfee Insights Server used to pass data to the Insights Server. This user is restricted to only have access to DBSec data in the Insights Server.
Patch / fix
- McAfee,LLC McAfee Database Security (DBSec) 4.8.2
Exploit prediction
0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.7 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- McAfee,LLC McAfee Database Security (DBSec)
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-23896
- NVD CVE-2021-23896
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