Description

NVIDIA NemoClaw contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause insufficiently protected credentials . A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure and data tampering.

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  "score": "5.6",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-25T21:17:28.553Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-25T21:17:28.553Z",
  "executiveSummary": "The vulnerability identified in NVIDIA NemoClaw concerns the insufficient protection of sensitive credentials within the application environment.\nThis flaw exposes the system to unauthorized information disclosure and facilitates data tampering activities.\nThe vulnerability resides in how the product manages credential lifecycle and storage, potentially allowing an attacker to intercept, access, or manipulate authentication tokens or secret keys.\nThe impact is significant, as compromised credentials may allow an unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges or gain unauthorized access to protected system resources, leading to a complete compromise of data integrity and confidentiality.\nThe exploitation of this vulnerability typically requires that an attacker have access to the environment where the credentials are stored or passed, though the specific attack surface depends on the implementation of the credential storage mechanism.\nSecurity teams should prioritize restricting access to the affected environment and ensuring that sensitive data is appropriately encrypted at rest and in transit.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability in NVIDIA NemoClaw stems from a failure to adequately secure sensitive credentials during processing or storage within the application stack.\nAt the root level, the application appears to store or transmit credentials in a format or location that lacks sufficient cryptographic protection or access control enforcement, rendering them accessible to unauthorized entities.\nThe attack flow generally involves an adversary identifying the location of the weakly protected credentials—such as insecure configuration files, memory buffers, or insecure inter-process communication channels—and extracting them for malicious use.\nOnce the credentials are retrieved, the attacker can leverage them to authenticate to the system, impersonate authorized users, or access services that rely on these secrets for security authentication.\nData tampering occurs post-authentication, where an attacker utilizes the compromised credentials to modify backend data, inject malicious commands, or bypass existing access control mechanisms designed to protect critical assets.\nThe vulnerable component involves the internal credential management logic of NVIDIA NemoClaw, which fails to implement robust protection measures such as Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), Key Management Services (KMS), or proper environmental variable masking.\nExploitation does not necessarily require complex remote code execution; rather, it often relies on the attacker gaining local or persistent access to the server or environment, effectively utilizing the improperly protected credentials to elevate their impact.\nThe failure to implement encryption at rest for these credentials allows for offline brute-force or direct access to sensitive secrets, facilitating a rapid escalation from information disclosure to full-scale data modification.\nThis vulnerability highlights a systemic failure in the secure handling of authentication secrets, necessitating an immediate review of how NVIDIA NemoClaw interacts with and stores its security tokens."
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