# CVE-2023-40354: An issue was discovered in MariaDB MaxScale before 23.02.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-14 · Updated: 2024-10-09

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in MariaDB MaxScale before 23.02.3. A user enters an encrypted password on a "maxctrl create service" command line, but this password is then stored in cleartext in the resulting .cnf file under /var/lib/maxscale/maxscale.cnf.d. The fixed versions are 2.5.28, 6.4.9, 22.08.8, and 23.02.3.

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## Related

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## References

- https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-4681

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