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GHSA-7RPF-JPP6-G4V7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-25 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-28 15:39

Details

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.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-23303 (GCVE-0-2026-23303)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 10:26 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:04

Title

smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5a3b11e07b335006…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54c570de9a35860df…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0ece8ed04180c52…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3990f352bb0adc868…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b746a357abfb8fdb0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ef0fc3bf49db2b9d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e182701db612ddd7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f37dc436d4e61ff7…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < e5a3b11e07b335006371915b2da47b6056c9e3bc (git) Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 54c570de9a35860dfa85fe668f23ddfda8cc7e26 (git) Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < ff0ece8ed04180c52167c003362284b23cf54e8d (git) Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 3990f352bb0adc8688d0949a9c13e3110570eb61 (git) Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < b746a357abfb8fdb0a171d51ec5091e786d34be1 (git) Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 2ef0fc3bf49db2b9df36d5f44508c9e384bfa2a1 (git) Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 3e182701db612ddd794ccd5ed822e6cc1db2b972 (git) Affected: 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 , < 2f37dc436d4e61ff7ae0b0353cf91b8c10396e4d (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.3 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.3 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.253 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.203 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.167 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.130 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.77 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.17 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.7 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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