Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-45278

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 19 October 2023

Published
19 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0202 84.1th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-45278 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Spaceapplications Yamcs. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 15.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Directory Traversal vulnerability in the storage functionality of the API in Yamcs 5.8.6 allows attackers to delete arbitrary files via crafted HTTP DELETE request.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

spaceapplications
yamcs
5.8.6

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References