The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CVE-2023-22894, a Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on October 8, 2026. CISA adds a flaw to the catalog when it has reliable evidence that attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What CISA says
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.
— CISA KEV catalog entry for CVE-2023-22894
Key facts
| CVE | CVE-2023-22894 |
|---|---|
| Vendor / product | Strapi |
| Added to KEV | October 8, 2026 |
| Federal deadline | October 11, 2026 |
| Known ransomware use | Unknown |
| Weakness (CWE) | CWE-312 |
| CISA forensic triage | No |
| CVSS base score (NVD) | 4.9 Medium |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Who has to act, and by when
US federal civilian executive branch agencies are required to remediate the vulnerability by October 11, 2026. CISA urges all organizations to prioritize KEV-listed flaws as part of their vulnerability management.
CISA’s required action for this entry:
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.
References
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- NIST NVD — CVE-2023-22894 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22894
- strapi.io https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve
- github.com https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases
- www.cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
- www.cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk