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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-28616 · published 26 December 2023

CVE-2023-28616: Stormshield network security cleartext transmission vulnerability

Stormshield · Stormshield Network Security

An issue was discovered in Stormshield Network Security (SNS) before 4.3.17, 4.4.x through 4.6.x before 4.6.4, and 4.7.x before 4.7.1. It affects user accounts for which the password has an equals sign or space character. The serverd process logs such passwords in cleartext, and potentially sends these logs to the Syslog component.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.30% · top 80.1% CWE-319 · Cleartext transmission
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.30%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Stormshield Network Security (SNS) before 4.3.17, 4.4.x through 4.6.x before 4.6.4, and 4.7.x before 4.7.1. It affects user accounts for which the password has an equals sign or space character. The serverd process logs such passwords in cleartext, and potentially sends these logs to the Syslog component.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://advisories.stormshield.eu/2023-006 Vendor Advisory
https://advisories.stormshield.eu/2023-006 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-28616), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.