# CVE-2023-28441: smartCARS 3 Password Stored as plain text in Error Log

> Failed login attempts store user passwords in plain text within error logs, exposing sensitive credentials to anyone with log access.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H`)
- **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:** 23 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Feb 2025

## What is CVE-2023-28441?

CVE-2023-28441 is a high-severity vulnerability in invernyx smartcars-3-bugs, published on 23 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

smartCARS 3 is flight tracking software. In version 0.5.8 and prior, all persons who have failed login attempts will have their password stored in error logs. This problem doesn't occur in version 0.5.9. As a workaround, delete the affected log file, and ensure one logs in correctly.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28441?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Invernyx Smartcars 3.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28441?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28441 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in invernyx smartcars-3-bugs

- [CVE-2023-33780](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33780/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28441 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28441 is a high-severity vulnerability in invernyx smartcars-3-bugs, published on 23 Mar 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-2023-28441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: invernyx smartcars-3-bugs. 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-2023-28441/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28441/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28441
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28441
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28441

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28441/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.