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CVE-2023-38994

HIGH · CVSS 7.9 EPSS 0.35%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-10-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.9. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2023-38994
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.9
EPSS
0.35%

Original NVD Description

The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privileges and perform followup attacks. By default, the configuration of UCS does not allow local ssh access for regular users.

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