Pega Platform up to 8.8.3 hard-coded password

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pega Platform up to 8.8.3. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to hard-coded password. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-28094. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Pega Platform up to 8.8.3. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded password vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-259. The product contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Pega platform clients who are using versions 6.1 through 8.8.3 and have upgraded from a version prior to 8.x may be utilizing default credentials.

The weakness was released 06/23/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at support.pega.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-28094 since 03/10/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1078.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-31819). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CNA Base Score: 8.1
CNA Vector (Pegasystems Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded password
CWE: CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/10/2023 🔍
06/23/2023 +104 days 🔍
06/23/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/01/2025 +892 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.pega.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-28094 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28094
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-232211
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2023 08:30
Updated: 12/01/2025 05:38
Changes: 06/23/2023 08:30 (36), 07/17/2023 14:17 (21), 12/01/2025 05:38 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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