# CVE-2024-55196: GO-2025-3361 - GoPhish sends cleartext passwords in github.com/gophish/gophish

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-55196-gophish-sends-cleartext-passwords  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-01-07  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-55196 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-01-07

GoPhish sends cleartext passwords in github.com/gophish/gophish

Technologies: [github.com/gophish/gophish (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-gophish-gophish). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-55196 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-55196 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-55196?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 7 January 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/gophish/gophish (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=0.12.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-55196?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-55196?** Check whether you run github.com/gophish/gophish (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- github.com/gophish/gophish (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=0.12.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-55196
- GHSA-rv83-h68q-c4wq
- GO-2025-3361

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