An attacker who obtained the hardcoded key could decrypt domain/service account passwords, task run-as credentials, and sysprep passwords stored in or transmitted by GSS Deployment Server installation.

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Broadcom Symantec Ghost Solution Suite unaffected
Version Status Constraints
GSS_3.3_RU11 affected —
GSS_3.3_RU12 affected —
GSS_3.3.13 affected —

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References
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History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An attacker who obtained the hardcoded key could decrypt domain/service account passwords, task run-as credentials, and sysprep passwords stored in or transmitted by GSS Deployment Server installation.
Title Security Advisory for offline recovery of Symantec GSS 3.3 RU11 stored domain credentials
Weaknesses CWE-522
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:H/U:Amber'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: symantec

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T07:15:11.281Z

Reserved: 2026-09-27T13:25:10.142Z

Link: CVE-2026-101034

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T08:16:52.340

Modified: 2026-10-27T08:16:52.340

Link: CVE-2026-101034

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Updated: 2026-10-27T09:00:15Z

Weaknesses