CVE-2026-23303

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-03-25 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-11-05 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds When debug logging is enabled, cifs_set_cifscreds() logs the key payload and exposes the plaintext username and password. Remove the debug log to avoid exposing credentials.

Affected Software (18)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 < e5a3b11e07b335006371915b2da47b6056c9e3bc
Linux Linux 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 < 54c570de9a35860dfa85fe668f23ddfda8cc7e26
Linux Linux 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 < ff0ece8ed04180c52167c003362284b23cf54e8d
Linux Linux 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 < 3990f352bb0adc8688d0949a9c13e3110570eb61
Linux Linux 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 < b746a357abfb8fdb0a171d51ec5091e786d34be1
Linux Linux 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 < 2ef0fc3bf49db2b9df36d5f44508c9e384bfa2a1
Linux Linux 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 < 3e182701db612ddd794ccd5ed822e6cc1db2b972
Linux Linux 8a8798a5ff90977d6459ce1d657cf8fe13a51e97 < 2f37dc436d4e61ff7ae0b0353cf91b8c10396e4d
Linux Linux 3.3
linux linux_kernel 3.3.1 – 5.10.253
linux linux_kernel 3.3
linux linux_kernel 3.3
linux linux_kernel 3.3
linux linux_kernel 3.3
linux linux_kernel 3.3
linux linux_kernel 3.3
linux linux_kernel 3.3
linux linux_kernel 7.0

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.13%
Raw Score 0.001330
Percentile 2.9%
Date 2026-11-14

EPSS Trend

2026-11-14
0.00133
2026-11-13
0.00133
2026-11-12
0.00133
2026-11-10
0.00130
2026-11-09
0.00130
2026-11-08
0.00130
2026-11-07
0.00130
2026-11-06
0.00130
2026-11-05
0.00130

Intelligence Sources

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