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CVE-2024-25649: Memory · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.7 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.07% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Mar 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2024-25649, organizations should: 1) Restrict and tightly control Administrator access to the Secret Server host machines, employing the principle of least privilege and just-in-time access controls. 2) Implement host-based memory protection mechanisms such as encrypted memory or memory access controls to prevent unauthorized memory dumps. 3) Monitor and audit all administrative activities on the Secret Server hosts to detect suspicious behavior early. 4) Use secure boot and trusted platform modules (TPM) to harden the host environment against unauthorized modifications. 5) If possible, isolate the Secret Server in dedicated, hardened environments with minimal additional software to reduce attack surface. 6) Regularly update and patch Delinea PAM products when vendor patches become available for this vulnerability. 7) Consider additional encryption layers or hardware security modules (HSMs) for key storage to reduce exposure in memory. 8) Conduct periodic memory forensic analysis to detect unauthorized memory access or dumps. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on host hardening, access control, and memory protection specific to the nature of this vulnerability.

Description

In Delinea PAM Secret Server 11.4, it is possible for an attacker (with Administrator access to the Secret Server machine) to read the following data from a memory dump: the decrypted master key, database credentials (when SQL Server Authentication is enabled), the encryption key of RabbitMQ queue messages, and session cookies.

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