CVE-2023-22894
CVE-2023-22894 is a security flaw in Strapi. Attackers can run their own code on Strapi. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 8 Oct 2026.[1]
Strapi is business software or equipment. Most families won’t have it, but attackers break into it to get inside companies, and from there to what those companies hold about their customers, patients and staff. Strapi has published a fix or advice.
Description
CISA calls it a cleartext storage of sensitive information in Strapi Strapi. In its words: “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.”[1]
The CVE record adds: “Strapi through 4.5.5 allows attackers (with access to the admin panel) to discover sensitive user details by exploiting the query filter. The attacker can filter users by columns that contain sensitive information and infer a value from API responses. If the attacker has super admin access, then this can be exploited to discover the password hash and password reset token of all users. If the attacker has admin panel access to an account with permission to access the username and email of API users with a lower privileged role (e.g., Editor or Author), then this can be exploited to discover sensitive information for all API users but not other admin accounts.”[2]
The underlying weakness is CWE-312, in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.
It scores 4.9 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it medium, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record doesn’t list version ranges for it; Strapi’s advisory has them[3]. CISA names the product as Strapi Strapi.
Most families won’t have Strapi; it’s for whoever looks after IT at work.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 8 Oct 2026, 1,268 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 11 Oct 2026 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 4%. That’s in the top 10% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as not automatable: each attack takes some work.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Strapi has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s 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).”[1]
- Check whether you use it.Strapi is business software or equipment, so most families won’t have it. If you run a business, or work from home on company equipment, ask whoever looks after your IT.
- Send this page to your IT person.Ask them to confirm it’s fixed, or not in use. CISA gave US government agencies until 11 Oct 2026 to fix it.
- If it can’t be fixed, take it offline.CISA’s advice when there’s no fix is to stop using the product, or take it off the internet, until there is one.
You can’t fix someone else’s server, but you can watch for what follows a break-in like this: a breach notice, a password reset you didn’t ask for, or a scam message that knows things it shouldn’t. HARD watches for those for you and your family.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 4.9.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 4%.[4] |
See also
Added the same day
- CVE-2021-3199, ONLYOFFICE Docs: server path traversal ·
- CVE-2016-3081, Apache Struts: command injection ·
- CVE-2015-5477, ISC BIND: data processing errors ·
- CVE-2015-3306, ProFTPD: improper access control ·
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 8 Oct 2026.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2023-22894 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 19 Apr 2023.
- ^ Strapi. Advisories and fixes: strapi.io.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.041, percentile 90.8, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2023-22894”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.