smartCARS 3 Password Stored as plain text in Error Log

published 2023-03-23 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32129

cvss: 8.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits: 0; none known

smartCARS 3 is flight tracking software. In version 0.5.8 and prior, all persons who have failed login attempts will have their password stored in error logs. This problem doesn't occur in version 0.5.9. As a workaround, delete the affected log file, and ensure one logs in correctly.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

invernyx smartcars_3 0.5.9

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-25)

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% 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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
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

invernyx smartcars-3-bugs

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

github.com /invernyx/smartcars-3-bugs/security/advisories/GHSA-fp42-c8g2-5jc7
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-28441
NVD CVE-2023-28441

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Summary