High severity7.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-38994
CVE-2023-38994
Description
The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privileges and perform followup attacks. By default, the configuration of UCS does not allow local ssh access for regular users.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:univention:univention_corporate_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- UCS/UCSdescription
- Range: 5.0-5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.drive-byte.de/en/blog/simple-yet-effective-the-story-of-some-simple-bugs-that-led-to-the-complete-compromise-of-a-networknvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- raeph123.github.io/BlogPosts/Univention/Simple_yet_effective_The_story_of_some_simple_bugs_that_led_to_the_complete_compromise_of_a_network_en.htmlnvd
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