Security Advisory

CVE-2020-5899

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-07-01 14:01:58
Last updated 2024-08-04 08:47:40
Assigner f5
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

In NGINX Controller 3.0.0-3.4.0, recovery code required to change a user's password is transmitted and stored in the database in plain text, which allows an attacker who can intercept the database connection or have read access to the database, to request a password reset using the email address of another registered user then retrieve the recovery code.