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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-26560

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.21.1 allows a subset of authenticated users to leverage the Scheduled Reports feature to read arbitrary files and potentially discover credentials.

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CVEs
CVE-2023-26560
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6 Nov 2026, 00:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-26560

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Apr 2023, 00:00 UTC

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.21.1 allows a subset of authenticated users to leverage the Scheduled Reports feature to read arbitrary files and potentially discover credentials.

osv:CVE-2023-26560
Complete source record
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  "id": "59b5952e59d291a80ab6d10e949672347a29e90fa8d4ebb29b3820fe14280179",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-26560",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-26560",
    "summary": "Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.21.1 allows a subset of authenticated users to leverage the Scheduled Reports feature to read arbitrary files and potentially discover credentials.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-26560",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-26560",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-26560"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cfengine/core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d0ae602e11b33dd9a52055ee3a395c41394bb7f3"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "fddc08ce8fe188320f9a5e83ff96f9d8d92ab542"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:northern.tech:cfengine:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.21.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-26560.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.099201001Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://northern.tech",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/26xxx/CVE-2023-26560.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26560",
        "https://cfengine.com/blog/2023/cve-2023-26560/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/26xxx/CVE-2023-26560.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-26560",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 513326,
  "published_at": "2023-04-25T00:00:00+00:00"
}