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Passwords included as plaintext in syslog messages
Looking through my Splunk logs I notice that my WAX610 has started including the plaintext login password in syslog messages (below) This is software version 10.8.8.6. Looking through Splunk ...
Hi hc1ng
Thanks for bringing this to NETGEAR notice. This must be a bug. We will get this checked and addressed ASAP.
Thanks!
Pramendra
Thanks. Please update as soon as possible with plans for a fix. This is a serious security issue - even after the offending syslog messages stop being generated they will persist in the Splunk database for the data retention period.
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