CVE-2024-26330
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn issue was discovered in Kape CyberGhostVPN 8.4.3.12823 on Windows. After a successful logout, user credentials remain in memory while the process is still open, and can be obtained by dumping the process memory and parsing it.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIn CyberGhostVPN 8.4.3.12823 for Windows, user credentials are not securely cleared from memory after a successful logout. The credentials remain in the process memory space and can be extracted by an attacker who performs a process memory dump and parses the contents.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify CyberGhostVPN installationCheck for CyberGhostVPN installation on the Windows system. Look in Program Files or Program Files (x86) for a CyberGhostVPN folder, or check the Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for CyberGhostVPN entry.Affected if CyberGhostVPN version 8.4.3.12823 is installed on the system.
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Determine installed versionLocate the installed version number. Check the application's About section, the executable properties (right-click CyberGhostVPN.exe > Properties > Details), or the version entry in the Windows Registry uninstall key.Affected if The installed version matches 8.4.3.12823 exactly.
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Verify recent application useCheck if the CyberGhostVPN application has been run and a login session occurred. Review application logs if available, or check for recent process execution events in Windows Event Viewer under Security or System logs.Affected if The application was run and a user logged in at least once using this version.
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Confirm logout behaviorPerform a logout operation in CyberGhostVPN 8.4.3.12823. After logout, the application may retain user credentials in its process memory space.Affected if The user performed a logout in version 8.4.3.12823 and the application process remained running.
A user is affected if CyberGhostVPN version 8.4.3.12823 for Windows was installed, a login session occurred, and a logout was performed while the application process remained active, as credentials may persist in process memory.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataThe vendor should implement secure memory clearing routines (e.g., using SecureZeroMemory or similar) to overwrite credential storage buffers immediately upon logout. Users should be aware that closing the application completely after logout is recommended until a patch is applied.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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