Security Resilience

CVE-2023-23845

Solarwinds Orion Platform ≤ 2023.3.1

Published
13 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.054 93th percentile
Risk Priority 57 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-2023-23845 is a medium-severity Incorrect Comparison (CWE-697) vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Incorrect Comparison Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows users with administrative access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands with NETWORK SERVICE privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-697

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

solarwinds
orion platform
≤ 2023.3.1

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.

A.5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements partial match
removes
A.5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation partial match
removes
A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
blocks

Secure development lifecycle includes code review and testing that can catch incorrect comparison logic.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
blocks

Application security requirements can mandate correct comparison logic for security decisions.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
blocks

Secure architecture principles can require robust comparison mechanisms for access decisions.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly address avoiding incorrect comparison operators and logic.

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-697, a pillar-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.

References