Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28798

Medium

Published: 02 May 2024

Published
02 May 2024
Modified
20 February 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.5th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28798 is a medium-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Zscaler Client Connector. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An out-of-bounds write to heap in the pacparser library on Zscaler Client Connector on Mac may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

zscaler
client connector
≤ 3.7

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-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References