CVE-2026-72857

HIGH 7.7

Budibase before 3.40.0 Credential Exposure via STRING Fields

CVSS Score

7.7

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Budibase before 3.40.0 fails to redact datasource credentials stored in STRING typed fields, allowing authenticated users to read MongoDB connection strings and Firebase private keys in plaintext. Attackers with table read permissions can retrieve datasource configurations through the read API to obtain live backend database credentials and service account keys.

CWE	CWE-522
Vendor	budibase
Product	budibase
Published	Aug 13, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Affected Versions

Budibase / budibase

0 < 3.40.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/security/advisories/GHSA-6mpp-gfg5-x2vv vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/budibase-before-credential-exposure-via-string-fields

Credits

🔍 rz1027