CVE-2021-23896

Published: Jun 2, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 0.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the administrator interface of McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows an administrator to view the unencrypted password of the McAfee Insights Server used to pass data to the Insights Server. This user is restricted to only have access to DBSec data in the Insights Server.

Affected (1)

Products: Mcafee: Database Security

1 product

Database Security

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mcafee Database Security	Before 4.8.2

Related CWEs

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

References (2)

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359

Source: trellixpsirt@trellix.com

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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