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CVE-2006-2430

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-05-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 and earlier, 5.1.1 and earlier, and 6.0.2 up to 6.0.2.7 records user credentials in plaintext in addNode.log, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 6.0.2 (+7)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20032
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&dc=DB550&q1=PK16492&uid=swg1PK22416&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24011773
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012009
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK16492&apar=only
• http://www.osvdb.org/25372
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20032

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