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CVE-2023-6518 Mia Technology Inc. CVE debrief

CVE-2023-6518 describes a plaintext password storage problem in MİA-MED/Mia-Med that can expose sensitive strings from the executable. The issue affects versions before 1.0.7 and is rated CVSS 7.5 (HIGH). From a defensive perspective, this is a confidentiality-impacting flaw that can expose embedded secrets to anyone who can obtain and inspect the binary.

Vendor
Mia Technology Inc.
Product
MİA-MED
CVSS
HIGH 7.5
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2024-02-08
Original CVE updated
2026-05-20
Advisory published
2024-02-08
Advisory updated
2026-05-20

Who should care

Security teams, application owners, and release managers responsible for Mia-Med deployments should care, especially if the product is distributed as a desktop or server executable. Anyone relying on the binary for authentication, configuration, or embedded secrets should treat the issue as a credential-exposure risk and verify they are on a fixed version.

Technical summary

The supplied records describe a plaintext storage of a password vulnerability in Mia-Med, with the password or related sensitive strings recoverable from the executable. NVD records the issue as affecting cpe:2.3:a:miateknoloji:mia-med:* with versionEndExcluding 1.0.7, and the CVSS v3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. A third-party advisory referenced by NVD assigns CWE-256.

Defensive priority

High priority: upgrade Mia-Med to 1.0.7 or later as soon as possible, and treat any exposed embedded password as a secret that may need rotation.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Upgrade Mia-Med to version 1.0.7 or later.
  • Inventory any deployments or distributed binaries that include the affected version range.
  • Assume any password or secret embedded in the executable may be exposed and rotate it if it was used operationally.
  • Review build and release practices to ensure secrets are never stored in plaintext inside binaries.
  • If the executable has already been distributed, validate whether downstream copies remain in use and coordinate remediation.

Evidence notes

The CVE description states that a plaintext storage of a password in MİA-MED allows reading sensitive strings within an executable, affecting versions before 1.0.7. NVD lists the CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N and references a USOM-linked advisory. The supplied corpus does not include a KEV listing.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2023-6518 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6518

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2023-6518 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6518

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.