A CWE-257: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerability exists that could result in unwanted access to a DCE instance when perfo…

published 2023-01-30 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-35590

cvss: 8.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits: 0; none known

A CWE-257: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerability exists that could result in unwanted access to a DCE instance when performed over a network by a malicious third-party. Affected Products: Data Center Expert (Versions prior to V7.9.0)

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

Schneider Electric Data Center Expert V7.9.0

download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=S… advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-02-05)

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Schneider Electric Data Center Expert

Classification

Weakness

CWE-257 Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

download.schneider-electric.com /files?p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2022-165-04_+Data_Center_Expert_Security_Notifi
patch, release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-32519
NVD CVE-2022-32519

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Summary