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CVE-2023-38994 — The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other script

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 attack

CVSS
7.9 HIGH
EPSS
3.00% (top 90.30%)
CWE
Published
2023-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-15T22:09:15.651Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / n/an/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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