CVE-2026-121021 PUBLISHED

Plaintext Storage of LDAP Password in Axxon One Shared Configuration

Assigner: AxxonSoft
Reserved: 03.11.2026 Published: 03.11.2026 Updated: 03.11.2026

Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) in the SecurityManager shared configuration in AxxonSoft Axxon One before 3.1.0 on Windows and Linux allows a local attacker with read access to the configuration directory or to configuration backups to obtain the password of the LDAP directory service account via the main.conf configuration file.

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

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	AxxonSoft
Product	Axxon One
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 3.1.0 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade Axxon One to version 3.1.0 or later, where sensitive configuration values are stored encrypted. Rotate the password of the LDAP service account and treat configuration backups made with earlier versions as sensitive data.

Credits

Reported by an AxxonSoft partner. finder

References

https://www.axxonsoft.com/legal/axxonsoft-vulnerability-disclosure-policy/security-advisories#CVE-2026-121021

Problem Types

CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-37 Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data