CVE-2026-4638CWE-209

CVE-2026-4638

published September 24, 2026

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
17.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PRTG Network Monitor before version 26.2.120.1449 ships a demo EXE/Script sensor that multiplies two integer parameters using cscript.exe. If a non-numeric value is passed instead, cscript.exe raises a 'Type mismatch' runtime error that includes the offending parameter value in plaintext. PRTG provides a documented placeholder variable, %windowspassword, which resolves to the configured Windows/domain password used by PRTG and can be passed as a sensor parameter.

Any PRTG user who is not restricted to read-only access and is permitted to create sensors (the default for non-read-only users) can pass %windowspassword as an argument to the demo VBScript sensor, triggering the type-mismatch error and causing PRTG to display the plaintext password in the sensor's error output.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
7.1 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
7.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00268 · 17.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-209 · Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Published
2026-09-24T15:16Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 SEP 03:25Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 24 SEP 10:57Z
    Plaintext Password Disclosure via VBScript Sensor Error Message in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
    cvelistv5