Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28805

Medium

Published: 23 October 2023

Published
23 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0008 22.9th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28805 is a medium-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Zscaler Client Connector. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 22.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Zscaler Client Connector on Linux allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Client Connector: before 1.4.0.105

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

zscaler
client connector
≤ 1.4.0.105

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-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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