{"id":"CVE-2024-40457","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-40457","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:25:36.543Z","title":"No-IP Dynamic Update Client (DUC) v3.x uses cleartext credentials that may occur on a command line or in a file.","description":"No-IP Dynamic Update Client (DUC) v3.x uses cleartext credentials that may occur on a command line or in a file. NOTE: the vendor's position is that cleartext in /etc/default/noip-duc is recommended and is the intentional behavior.","published":"2024-09-12T14:16:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:45:54.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-312"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00648,"percentile":0.50847,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/jeppojeps/CVE-2024-40457-PoC","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.noip.com/support/knowledgebase/install-linux-3-x-dynamic-update-client-duc","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.noip.com/support/knowledgebase/running-linux-duc-v3-0-startup-2","source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40457","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}