# CVE-2023-26219: TIBCO Operational Intelligence Hawk RedTail Credential Exposure Vulnerability

> Attackers with log access can obtain credentials for associated EMS servers, potentially leading to unauthorized access and data exposure.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w4qw-rxr9-pgfx

## What is CVE-2023-26219?

CVE-2023-26219 is a high-severity vulnerability in TIBCO Hawk, published on 24 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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 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.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-26219?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Tibco Hawk, Tibco Hawk Distribution for Tibco Silver Fabric, Tibco Operational Intelligence Hawk Redtail, Tibco Runtime Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-26219?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-26219 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-26219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-26219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Hawk

- [CVE-2008-3338](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3338/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-2830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2830/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-41564](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41564/): TIBCO Operational Intelligence Hawk Redtail Credential Exposure Vulnerability (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2006-2829](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2829/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-26219 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-26219 is a high-severity vulnerability in TIBCO Hawk, published on 24 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-26219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Hawk. 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-2023-26219/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26219/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26219
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26219
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-26219

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26219/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.