Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-41776

LPE in Zte Zxcloud Irai ≤ 7.23.32

Published
03 January 2024
Modified
28 January 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 6th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-41776 is a medium-severity Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732) vulnerability in Zte Zxcloud Irai. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

There is a local privilege escalation vulnerability of ZTE's ZXCLOUD iRAI.Attackers with regular user privileges can create a fake process, and to escalate local privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-25648Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2024-22062Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2023-41779Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2023-41780Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2026-40004Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2023-25650Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2023-41782Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2023-41783Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2026-44407Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai
CVE-2026-44406Same product: Zte Zxcloud Irai

Affected Assets

zte
zxcloud irai
≤ 7.23.32

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 12 hardening rules · 6 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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-269 CWE-732

Policy addresses roles, responsibilities, and privilege management to prevent improper privilege assignments.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Implements core proper privilege management by restricting to only required rights.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Policy requires training on privilege management and least privilege, making it harder to exploit improper privilege management weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Training covers proper privilege management practices, making incorrect privilege assignments less likely.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

The control mandates review of privilege assignments to ensure they are appropriate and minimal.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Baseline configuration documents and controls privilege assignments, making improper privilege management harder to introduce or sustain.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Manages privileges for change control activities and provides oversight to prevent improper privilege use in configuration updates.

addresses: CWE-269 CWE-732

Reviewing changes for security impacts prevents introduction of improper privilege assignments or escalations.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Directly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing access permissions and least privilege on resources.

PR.PS-01 mostly match
prevents

Hardened baselines and configuration management explicitly include correct permission settings for critical resources.

PR.AA-01 partial match
prevents

PR.AA-01 supplies credential/identity lifecycle support that can reduce some privilege-assignment errors but does not itself assign, modify, or check privileges, leaving most of CWE-269's risk unaddressed.

PR.PS-05 partial match
prevents

PR.PS-05 can partially limit exploitability of some privilege issues via execution restrictions, but does not address the core design/implementation flaws of CWE-269 at all.

PR.DS-10 none match
prevents

PR.DS-10 protects data-in-use without touching privilege assignment/tracking, so it neither prevents CWE-269 nor removes more than one narrow facet of its risk.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

By requiring owners to determine and document the exact permissions needed for each asset, the control reduces the likelihood that default or overly permissive file and resource permissions will be left in place.

prevents

Documented provisioning and revocation procedures reduce the chance that critical resources retain overly permissive default or leftover permissions after personnel changes.

prevents

Documented authorization, expiry rules, and audit logging of privileged accounts make it harder for critical resources to retain overly permissive or stale permission assignments.

prevents

Requiring explicit configuration of access controls and permissions for files, applications and services counters the assignment of overly permissive default or incorrect file-system rights.

prevents

Enforcing differentiated permissions on the source-code repository and program listings stops the assignment of overly broad default or inherited permissions to critical resources.

prevents

By defining and enforcing secure permission settings in configuration templates, the control reduces the likelihood that critical resources receive incorrect permission assignments.

References