Critical severity · published Oct 6, 2023
CVE-2023-45239
A lack of input validation exists in tac_plus prior to commit 4fdf178 which, when pre or post auth commands are enabled, allows an attacker who can control the username, rem-addr,…
9.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A lack of input validation exists in tac_plus prior to commit 4fdf178 which, when pre or post auth commands are enabled, allows an attacker who can control the username, rem-addr, or NAC address sent to tac_plus to inject shell commands and gain remote code execution on the tac_plus server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39 · source: NVD
TP
Tac Plus · Facebook
before 2023-10-05 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45239
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45239
Exploit
https://github.com/facebook/tac_plus/pull/41
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/facebook/tac_plus/security/advisories/GHSA-p334-5r3g-4vx3
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X4J7ZYMFZB4G4OU5EDJPQLP6F6RKDGIH/
