CVE-2026-59657

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in Apache CloudStack with AsyncJob storage in the database. This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.0.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/g6cwddtjrwbh1d56wjz4cfp3fzfm4kbc	Vendor Advisory Mailing List

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-21 09:16

Updated : 2026-08-27 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2026-59657

Mitre link : CVE-2026-59657

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-59657

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apache

cloudstack

CWE

CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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