5.9

CVE-2024-6833: open mainframe project zowe

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-ghgq-x6wc-6jr5
Published 17-07-2024Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6833 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in open mainframe project zowe. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in Zowe CLI allows local, privileged actors to store previously entered secure credentials in a plaintext file as part of an auto-init operation.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

@zowe1 product
  • cli≥ 7.18.0, < 7.23.5
Open mainframe project1 product
  • zowe≥ 7.18.0, < 7.23.5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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