Security Resilience

CVE-2023-0636

RCE in Abb Aspect-Ent-2 Firmware 3.0.0 – 3.07.01

Published
05 June 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.013 70th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-0636 is a high-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Abb Aspect-Ent-2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 30% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ABB Ltd. ASPECT®-Enterprise on ASPECT®-Enterprise, Linux (2CQG103201S3021, 2CQG103202S3021, 2CQG103203S3021, 2CQG103204S3021 modules), ABB Ltd. NEXUS Series on NEXUS Series, Linux (2CQG100102R2021, 2CQG100104R2021, 2CQG100105R2021, 2CQG100106R2021, 2CQG100110R2021, 2CQG100112R2021, 2CQG100103R2021, 2CQG100107R2021, 2CQG100108R2021, 2CQG100109R2021, 2CQG100111R2021, 2CQG100113R2021 modules), ABB Ltd. MATRIX…

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Series on MATRIX Series, Linux (2CQG100102R1021, 2CQG100103R1021, 2CQG100104R1021, 2CQG100105R1021, 2CQG100106R1021 modules) allows Command Injection.This issue affects ASPECT®-Enterprise: from 3.0;0 before 3.07.0; NEXUS Series: from 3.0;0 before 3.07.0; MATRIX Series: from 3.0;0 before 3.07.1.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

abb
aspect-ent-2 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
aspect-ent-12 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
aspect-ent-256 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
aspect-ent-96 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
nexus-2128 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
nexus-2128-a firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
nexus-2128-g firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
nexus-2128-f firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
nexus-3-2128 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
nexus-3-264 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
+9 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

blocks

A.8.25 mandates secure SDLC practices including secure coding guidelines, security requirements, checkpoints, testing (scans/penetration), and developer training that reduce command injection defects, but leaves a minority slice (e.g. incomplete implementation of those practices, outsourced development without full assurance, or post-SDLC changes) where the weakness can still arise and be exploitable.

blocks

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including command injection.

blocks

A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (e.g. distrust external input, secure session control, data validation/sanitization, least privilege) and design reviews that can stop command injection from being introduced, but this is only a minority slice of CWE-77 because the weakness can still arise in code that bypasses those principles, in non-reviewed components, or in runtime injection vectors the architecture review does not reach.

prevents

Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of commands, directly eliminating CWE-77.

finds

Security testing in development catches command-injection vulnerabilities before release.

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

  • No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-77, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.

References