Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Strapi, fix it now.
CISA required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Oct 11, 2026.
No official fix confirmed yet
Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.
Strapi through 4.5.5 allows attackers (with access to the admin panel) to discover sensitive user details by exploiting the query filter. The attacker can filter users by columns that contain sensitive information and infer a value from API responses. If the attacker has super admin access, then this can be exploited to discover the password hash and password reset token of all users. If the attacker has admin panel access to an account with permission to access the username and email of API users with a lower privileged role (e.g., Editor or Author), then this can be exploited to discover sensitive information for all API users but not other admin accounts.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.
| Product | Vendor | Affected versions | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strapi | Strapi | >= 3.2.1, < 4.8.0 | 4.8.0 | KEV |
Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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CVE-2023-22894 scored CVSS 4.9: Strapi Strapi, Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability
CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Strapi systems are exposed to active attacks now.
Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE-2023-22894 added to CISA KEV: Strapi Strapi, Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability
CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Strapi systems are exposed to active attacks now.
Basis: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Strapi systems are exposed to active attacks now.
Apply the vendor's security update for Strapi.
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Treat this as an emergency.
