CVE-2026-23303 — Plaintext Storage of a Password in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 90.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds
When debug logging is enabled, cifs_set_cifscreds() logs the key
payload and exposes the plaintext username and password. Remove the
debug log to avoid exposing credentials.
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 — ff0ece8ed04180c52167c003362284b23cf54e8d+6
🔴Vulnerability Details
4GHSA▶
GHSA-7rpf-jpp6-g4v7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds
When debug lo↗2026-03-25
OSV▶
CVE-2026-23303: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds When debug logg↗2026-03-25