# CVE-2023-49106: Missing Password Field Masking Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager

> An attacker can view passwords in plain text due to missing masking in the Hitachi Device Manager agent interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x83h-6qgp-hw2h

## What is CVE-2023-49106?

CVE-2023-49106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager, published on 16 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Password Field Masking vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager on Windows, Linux (Device Manager Agent component).This issue affects Hitachi Device Manager: before 8.8.5-04.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-549 (Missing Password Field Masking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49106?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachi Device Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-49106?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-49106 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-49106 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi Device Manager

- [CVE-2017-9294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9294/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34142](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34142/): Cleartext Transmission Vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2019-17360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17360/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-9295](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9295/): XML external entity in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2017-9296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9296/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-49106 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-49106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager, published on 16 Jan 2024. 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-2023-49106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hitachi Device Manager. 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-2023-49106/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49106/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49106
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49106
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49106

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49106/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.