CVE-2026-4387

LOW

Unencrypted storage of authentication state in StrongDM Desktop Application state.kv file

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

StrongDM Desktop Application before 23.74.0 (Desktop Client before 53.77.0) on Microsoft Windows stores authentication state, including a JSON Web Token and asymmetric key material, in cleartext in a per-user state file located at C:\Users\<username>\.sdm\state.kv. The file is protected only by default user-level NTFS permissions. Exploitation requires local read access to the affected user's profile directory and additional deployment and execution conditions on the target host. The condition was reported through coordinated disclosure by Hope Walker (SpecterOps).

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v4 2.0
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 1.3%
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-312 CWE-522
Status published
Products (2)
StrongDM/StrongDM Desktop Application < 23.74.0
StrongDM/StrongDM Desktop Client < 53.77.0
Published May 29, 2026
Tracked Since May 30, 2026