DB username/password revealed in application logs

published 2023-05-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33996

cvss: 6.7; 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 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

Mattermost Sever fails to redact the DB username and password before emitting an application log during server initialization.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.8, 7.7.4, 7.8.3, 7.9.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-12-06)

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Mattermost Mattermost

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

mattermost.com /security-updates
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-2514
NVD CVE-2023-2514

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Summary