CVE-2023-26560
Published: 26 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-26560 is a medium-severity Observable Discrepancy (CWE-203) vulnerability in Northern.Tech Cfengine. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-30355
Vulnerability details
Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.21.1 allows a subset of authenticated users to leverage the Scheduled Reports feature to read arbitrary files and potentially discover credentials.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Misdirection can normalize or falsify responses to eliminate observable discrepancies that aid reconnaissance.
Observable discrepancies in system behavior can be modulated to create covert storage or timing channels; the required analysis detects and constrains such avenues.
Prevents attackers from using observable differences in error responses to infer internal system details or state.