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Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer

CVE-2020-1940

High
7.5/10

Summary

The optional initial password change and password expiration features present in Apache Jackrabbit Oak through 1.22.0 are prone to a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability. The code mandates the changed password to be passed as an additional attribute to the credentials object but does not remove it upon processing during the first phase of the authentication. In combination with additional, independent authentication mechanisms, this may lead to the new password being disclosed. It has also been fixed in previously affected versions via release (1.4.26, 1.6.20, 1.8.20, 1.10.8).

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-212 - Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer

The product stores, transfers, or shares a resource that contains sensitive information, but it does not properly remove that information before the product makes the resource available to unauthorized actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published