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CVE-2021-31798

medium

Description

The effective key space used to encrypt the cache in CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 has low entropy, and under certain conditions a local malicious user can obtain the plaintext of cache files.

References

https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2021-010.txt

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/3

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164035/CyberArk-Credential-Provider-Local-Cache-Decryption.html

https://www.cyberark.com/resources/blog

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-02

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00113