Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-312"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6553.json"
}{
"extracted_events": [
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"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
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"source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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