CVE-2020-8356

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-319

Description

An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, discovered that optional passwords, if specified, for the Syslog and SMTP forwarders are written to an internal LXCO log file in clear text. Affected logs are captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log. The FFDC service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCO user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCO user that requested the file.

Affected products

Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator: before 1.2.2 — fixed in 1.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator 1.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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