CVE-2026-23303

Updated on 25 Mar 2026

Severity

5.5 Medium severity

Details

CVSS score
5.5
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

About vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: Don’t log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds

When debug logging is enabled, cifs_set_cifscreds() logs the key payload and exposes the plaintext username and password. Remove the debug log to avoid exposing credentials.

Details

Affected packages:
kernel @ 3.10.0 (+13 more)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: Don’t log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds

When debug logging is enabled, cifs_set_cifscreds() logs the key payload and exposes the plaintext username and password. Remove the debug log to avoid exposing credentials.

Fixes