CVE-2023-33295
Published: 19 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-33295 is a medium-severity Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) vulnerability in Cohesity Cohesity Dataplatform. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 32.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-37458
Vulnerability details
Cohesity DataProtect prior to 6.8.1_u5 or 7.1 was discovered to have a incorrect access control vulnerability due to a lack of TLS Certificate Validation.
- 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.
When certificates are used to establish component provenance, the control requires correct certificate validation procedures.
Mandates approved trust anchors and issuance policies, directly preventing acceptance of unvalidated or untrusted certificates.
Correct system time is required for proper enforcement of certificate notBefore/notAfter dates and time-based revocation checks.