Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-1305

HighPublic PoC

Published: 21 March 2023

Published
21 March 2023
Modified
26 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0033 56.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-1305 is a high-severity Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization (CWE-653) vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightcloudsec. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 43.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An authenticated attacker can leverage an exposed “box” object to read and write arbitrary files from disk, provided those files can be parsed as yaml or JSON. This issue was resolved in the Managed and SaaS deployments on February 1,…

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2023, and in version 23.2.1 of the Self-Managed version of InsightCloudSec.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

rapid7
insightappsec
≤ 23.2.1
rapid7
insightcloudsec
≤ 2023.02.01 · ≤ 2023.02.01

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-653

Defines isolation boundaries by specifying which external systems may access or process organization data.

addresses: CWE-653

Maintains isolation and compartmentalization by restricting flows between security domains or levels.

addresses: CWE-653

Reviewing the continued need for connections supports isolation and compartmentalization.

addresses: CWE-653

Locating systems away from hazards improves isolation and compartmentalization from external physical or environmental threats.

addresses: CWE-653

The CONOPS must articulate isolation and compartmentalization expectations for security and privacy, making architectural failures in separation of duties or domains harder to overlook.

addresses: CWE-653

Security architectures commonly incorporate isolation and compartmentalization strategies to limit the impact of compromises.

addresses: CWE-653

Organization-wide privacy program leadership ensures proper isolation and compartmentalization of personal data.

addresses: CWE-653

Oversight ensures data-matching activities maintain required isolation between distinct data sets and authorized user communities.

References