CVE-2023-34390
Published: 30 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-34390 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Selinc Sel-451 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 44.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-38470
Vulnerability details
An input validation vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create a denial of service against the system and locking out services. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details.
- 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.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.