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CVE-2026-4638: CWE-209 Generation of error message containing sensitive information in Paessler GmbH PRTG Network Monitor

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-4638cvecve-2026-4638cwe-209
Published: 09/24/2026 (09/24/2026, 10:57:54 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Paessler GmbH
Product: PRTG Network Monitor

Description

PRTG Network Monitor before version 26.2.120.1449 ships a demo EXE/Script sensor that multiplies two integer parameters using cscript.exe. If a non-numeric value is passed instead, cscript.exe raises a 'Type mismatch' runtime error that includes the offending parameter value in plaintext. PRTG provides a documented placeholder variable, %windowspassword, which resolves to the configured Windows/domain password used by PRTG and can be passed as a sensor parameter.  Any PRTG user who is not restricted to read-only access and is permitted to create sensors (the default for non-read-only users) can pass %windowspassword as an argument to the demo VBScript sensor, triggering the type-mismatch error and causing PRTG to display the plaintext password in the sensor's error output.

CVSS v4.0

Score 7.1high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
High
Vuln. Integrity
None
Vuln. Availability
None
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected software

Paessler GmbH

PRTG Network Monitor

Affected versions
>=0 <26.2.120.1449

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
SEC-VLab
Date Reserved
2026-03-23T10:32:11.997Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6ab50381f7a7c541063a6bdd

Added to database: 09/24/2026, 11:03:29 UTC

Last updated: 09/24/2026, 11:03:29 UTC

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