Insufficiently protected credentials in Kiwi - #VU150954
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150954
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to disclose third-party credentials.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficiently protected credentials in the Change Bug Tracker admin page when rendering the BugSystem.api_password field. A remote user can inspect the page source to disclose third-party credentials.
The exposed value may be a password or API token used to authenticate to an external bug-tracking system.
Affected software
Kiwi
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.
Kiwi - update to 16.3