# CVE-2021-22914: Information disclosure in Citrix Cloud Connector

> Attackers can read sensitive credentials from log files if installed via command line, potentially gaining access to the Citrix Cloud environment.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jun 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mvwx-m8xx-54c6

## What is CVE-2021-22914?

CVE-2021-22914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Citrix Cloud Connector, published on 16 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Citrix Cloud Connector before 6.31.0.62192 suffers from insecure storage of sensitive information due to sensitive information being stored in the Citrix Cloud Connector installation log files. Such information could be used by an malicious actor to access a Citrix Cloud environment. This issue affects all versions of Citrix Cloud Connector that were installed by passing secure client parameters for installation via the command line. The issue does not affect Citrix Cloud Connector if it was installed using the interactive installer or where a parameter file was used with the command-line installer.

Weakness: CWE-922 (Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22914?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Citrix Cloud Connector.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-22914?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22914 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-22914 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-22914 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-22914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Citrix Cloud Connector, published on 16 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Citrix Cloud Connector. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22914/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22914/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22914
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22914
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22914

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22914/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.