Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-44373

Critical

Published: 14 November 2023

Published
14 November 2023
Modified
14 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 9.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0053 67.8th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-44373 is a critical-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Siemens 6Gk5205-3Bb00-2Ab2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.4 (Critical).

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

Vulnerability details

Affected devices do not properly sanitize an input field. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker with administrative privileges to inject code or spawn a system root shell. Follow-up of CVE-2022-36323.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

siemens
6gk5205-3bb00-2ab2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5205-3bb00-2tb2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5205-3bd00-2tb2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5205-3bd00-2ab2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5205-3bf00-2tb2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5205-3bf00-2ab2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5208-0ba00-2tb2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5208-0ba00-2ab2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5213-3bd00-2tb2 firmware
≤ 4.5
siemens
6gk5213-3bd00-2ab2 firmware
≤ 4.5
+61 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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-74

Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.

addresses: CWE-74

Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.

References