CVE-2024-39846

2024-06-2900:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

newpass

vulnerability

storing

plain passwords

unauthorized access

sensitive information

data at rest

encrypted

decrypted

process memory

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

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NewPass before 1.2.0 stores passwords (rather than password hashes) directly, which makes it easier to obtain unauthorized access to sensitive information. NOTE: in each case, data at rest is encrypted, but is decrypted within process memory during use.