---
id: "CVE-2026-101034"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-101034"]
title: "GSS Deployment Server: hardcoded key decrypts stored domain and service passwords"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["other", "self-hosted", "windows"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-27T08:16:52+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-27T08:31:46+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-27T08:32:34+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101034", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-27T08:31:46+00:00"}]
---

# GSS Deployment Server: hardcoded key decrypts stored domain and service passwords

GSS Deployment Server ships with a hardcoded encryption key. An attacker who obtains that key can decrypt domain and service account passwords, task run-as credentials and sysprep passwords stored by or sent through the installation.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- unknown

## Fix

- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-27T08:31:46+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101034

## From the sources

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.

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_Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai_