Strapi Strapi
CVE-2023-22894
Strapi contains a cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability that could allow attackers with access to the admin panel to discover sensitive user details via the query filter. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2023-22621 to achieve remote code execution.
What this means for your business
- It affects Strapi. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Attackers are already using it. CISA added it to its list of flaws used in real attacks on 8 October 2026.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 89% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Strapi, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
- 3Treat it as urgent. US federal agencies must fix it by 11 October 2026. That deadline does not apply to private companies, but it shows how seriously CISA takes it.
- 4Because attackers have used it, check the affected systems for signs of a break-in, not only for the update.
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Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
CISA’s wording, unedited. The notes it mentions are in CISA’s catalogue entry.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 4.9 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2026-10-08
- Last modified
- 2026-10-09
- Added to KEV
- 2026-10-08
- Remediation due
- 2026-10-11
- Sources
- CISA KEV, NVD
Affected products
- Strapi Strapi3.2.1 - 4.8.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.