Security Resilience

CVE-2023-0755

Ge Digital Industrial Gateway Server ≤ 7.612

Published
23 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.12 96th percentile
Risk Priority 81 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-2023-0755 is a critical-severity Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) vulnerability in Ge Digital Industrial Gateway Server. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Steganography (T1001.002); ranked in the top 4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2023-0755 is an improper array index validation vulnerability, tracked under CWE-129, that affects certain unspecified industrial control system products. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 and can cause the server to crash or permit remote arbitrary code execution.

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network without user interaction or credentials, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.

The associated CISA advisory ICSA-23-054-01 outlines mitigation steps for the impacted products. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0818 since disclosure, indicating no material increase in observed exploitation interest.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The affected products are vulnerable to an improper validation of array index, which could allow an attacker to crash the server and remotely execute arbitrary code.

CWE(s)
CWE-129

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.002 Steganography Command And Control
Adversaries may use steganographic techniques to hide command and control traffic to make detection efforts more difficult.
attack.mitre.org →
T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation Command And Control
Adversaries may impersonate legitimate protocols or web service traffic to disguise command and control activity and thwart analysis efforts.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
T1008 Fallback Channels Command And Control
Adversaries may use fallback or alternate communication channels if the primary channel is compromised or inaccessible in order to maintain reliable command and control and to avoid data transfer thresholds.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-0754Same product: Ge Digital Industrial Gateway Server
CVE-2023-5908Same product: Ptc Thingworx Industrial Connectivity
CVE-2025-37752Shared CWE-129
CVE-2024-38562Shared CWE-129
CVE-2024-24563Shared CWE-129
CVE-2024-53203Shared CWE-129
CVE-2024-45550Shared CWE-129
CVE-2024-49832Shared CWE-129
CVE-2023-53192Shared CWE-129
CVE-2025-21447Shared CWE-129

Affected Assets

ge
digital industrial gateway server
≤ 7.612
ptc
kepware server
≤ 6.12
ptc
kepware serverex
≤ 6.12
ptc
thingworx .net-sdk
≤ 5.8.4.971
ptc
thingworx edge c-sdk
≤ 2.2.12.1052
ptc
thingworx edge microserver
≤ 5.4.10.0
ptc
thingworx industrial connectivity
all versions
ptc
thingworx kepware edge
≤ 1.5
rockwellautomation
kepserver enterprise
≤ 6.12

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

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

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and bounds checking that prevent improper array indexing.

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.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

References