GigaVUE-OS (GVOS) 5.4 - 5.9 stores a Redis database password in plaintext.

published 2021-01-05 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-16001

cvss: 4.7; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

gigamon gigavue-os 5.4.04, 5.5.02, 5.6.02, 5.7.04, 5.8.02, 5.9.00.04

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Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

community.gigamon.com /gigamoncp/s/article/Field-Notice-Gigamon-addressing-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-GigaVUE-OS
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-23249
NVD CVE-2020-23249

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