Hard-coded CredentialsWeakness · CWE-798

CVE-2026-50110

CRITICAL · 9.2 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-06-30
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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97/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
No privileges Zero-click 8 weeks old

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 · unedited
Storage Concentrator (SC & SCVM) contains hardcoded credentials for numerous internal services embedded within a configuration file. While the credentials are stored in an encoded format, the encoding can be reversed to plaintext. The exposed credentials span a broad range of internal services, including database accounts, licensing, replication services, and third-party integrations, meaning successful exploitation of this vulnerability could provide an attacker with unauthorized access to multiple interconnected systems.

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 confidence

Storage Concentrator (SC & SCVM) contains hardcoded credentials for internal services stored in encoded format within a configuration file. The encoding can be easily reversed to plaintext, exposing credentials for databases, licensing, replication services, and third-party integrations.

MitigationReplace all hardcoded credentials with properly managed secrets using a vault or secrets management solution, rotate exposed credentials immediately, and audit all systems that consumed these credentials for potential compromise.

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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
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

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 checks

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  1. Identify Storage Concentrator installation
    Determine if your system is running Storage Concentrator (SC) or Storage Concentrator Virtual Machine (SCVM) by checking the product name or model information
    Affected if System is not a Storage Concentrator (SC or SCVM) product
  2. Locate configuration files with encoded data
    Search for configuration files on the system that contain encoded or base64-like strings, particularly in directories related to application configuration, credentials, or secrets
    Affected if Configuration files contain encoded strings that resemble credentials
  3. Check for hardcoded credential patterns
    Inspect configuration files for patterns matching database connection strings, service endpoints, or credential fields for licensing, replication, or third-party integrations
    Affected if Credentials for databases, licensing, replication services, or third-party integrations are found in configuration files
  4. Verify encoding reversibility
    Attempt to decode any encoded strings found using common encoding methods (such as base64) to determine if they can be easily reversed to plaintext
    Affected if Encoded strings can be decoded to plaintext and match credential formats

Your environment is affected if you are running a Storage Concentrator (SC or SCVM) system with configuration files containing easily reversible encoded credentials for databases, licensing, replication, or third-party services.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Replace all hardcoded credentials with properly managed secrets using a vault or secrets management solution, rotate exposed credentials immediately, and audit all systems that consumed these credentials for potential compromise.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation40.0 h
  • Testing16.0 h
  • Review / QA8.0 h
76.0 hours of engineering $13,440
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