CVE-2023-36566
Published: 10 October 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-36566 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Microsoft Common Data Model Sdk. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Microsoft Common Data Model SDK contains a denial of service vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-36566. The flaw received a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 and is associated with CWE-20, reflecting improper input validation that produces a high availability impact while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected.
An attacker with low privileges and network access can trigger the condition remotely without user interaction, resulting in denial of service against affected SDK instances. The vulnerability was disclosed on 10 October 2023.
Microsoft security advisories for CVE-2023-36566 are available at the Microsoft Security Response Center. The current EPSS score of 0.0832 with a recorded peak of 0.0969 indicates limited exploitation interest to date.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-2819
Vulnerability details
Microsoft Common Data Model SDK Denial of Service Vulnerability
- 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.