OpenText Vertica 23.x/24.x/25.x cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenText Vertica 23.x/24.x/25.x. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-9432. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OpenText Vertica 23.x/24.x/25.x. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in OpenText™ Vertica allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.   The vulnerability could read Vertica agent plaintext apikey.This issue affects Vertica versions: 23.X, 24.X, 25.X.

The weakness was presented with TIM Security Red Team Research. It is possible to read the advisory at portal.microfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-9432 since 10/02/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 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.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 1.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

10/02/2024 CVE reserved
01/30/2026 +485 days Advisory disclosed
01/30/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/30/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.microfocus.com
Organization: TIM Security Red Team Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-9432 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9432
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-343523

Entryinfo

Created: 01/30/2026 20:07
Changes: 01/30/2026 20:07 (69)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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