CVE-2026-23370Plaintext Storage of a Password in Linux

Severity
4.4MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data set_new_password() hex dumps the entire buffer, which contains plaintext password data, including current and new passwords. Remove the hex dump to avoid leaking credentials.

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.11.06.1.167+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.19.8-1
CVEListV5linux/linuxe8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38dd9e785bd62d2ac23cf29a75dcfea8c8087fd3870+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.19.8-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data2026-03-25
OSV
CVE-2026-23370: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data set_new_pass2026-03-25
GHSA
GHSA-qvvw-8673-33g5: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data set_new_pa2026-03-25

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data2026-03-25
Microsoft
platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data2026-03-10
Debian
CVE-2026-23370: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x8...2026

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-23370 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz