CVE-2023-26219
Published: 25 October 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-26219 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Tibco Hawk. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-30044
Vulnerability details
The Hawk Console and Hawk Agent components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Hawk, TIBCO Hawk Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric, TIBCO Operational Intelligence Hawk RedTail, and TIBCO Runtime Agent contain a vulnerability that theoretically allows an attacker with access to…
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the Hawk Console’s and Agent’s log to obtain credentials used to access associated EMS servers. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Hawk: versions 6.2.2 and below, TIBCO Hawk Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric: versions 6.2.2 and below, TIBCO Operational Intelligence Hawk RedTail: versions 7.2.1 and below, and TIBCO Runtime Agent: versions 5.12.2 and below.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.