CVE-2023-26221 TIBCO Spotfire Insufficiently Protected Credential vulnerability

Medium 5.0 Published 8 Nov 2023 Updated 4 Sep 2024

A low-privileged attacker can craft malicious files to exploit insufficiently protected credentials in TIBCO Spotfire, requiring user interaction.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-26221?

CVE-2023-26221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TIBCO Software Inc. Spotfire Analyst, published on 8 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Spotfire Connectors component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s Spotfire Analyst, Spotfire Server, and Spotfire for AWS Marketplace contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows a low privileged attacker with read/write access to craft malicious Analyst files. A successful attack using this vulnerability requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s Spotfire Analyst: versions 12.3.0, 12.4.0, and 12.5.0, Spotfire Server: versions 12.3.0, 12.4.0, and 12.5.0, and Spotfire for AWS Marketplace: version 12.5.0.

Weakness: CWE-522

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-26221?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Tibco Spotfire Analyst, Tibco Spotfire Analytics Platform, Tibco Spotfire Server.

How do I fix CVE-2023-26221?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-26221 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-26221 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-26221 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5fvg-7q6x-mgh2.