Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-48023

SSRF in Anyscale Ray 2.6.3 … 2.8.0

Public PoCSSRF
Published
28 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.35 98th percentile
Risk Priority 93 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-48023 is a critical-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Anyscale Ray. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2023-48023 is a server-side request forgery vulnerability (CWE-918) present in the /log_proxy endpoint of Anyscale Ray versions 2.6.3 and 2.8.0. The issue received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.1, reflecting network attackability without authentication or user interaction and resulting in high confidentiality and integrity impact.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the flaw to perform SSRF against internal resources reachable by the Ray instance. Successful abuse allows the attacker to read or interact with otherwise inaccessible services, though the vendor states that Ray is intended solely for strictly controlled network environments and therefore considers external exposure outside its documented threat model.

Vendor documentation at docs.ray.io emphasizes deployment only inside trusted networks and does not describe a software patch or configuration workaround for the reported endpoint. Public references, including Bishopfox analysis, document the SSRF vector but align with the vendor position that the software should never be reachable from untrusted networks.

The associated EPSS score sits at 0.8919 with no indicated rise from a lower baseline.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Anyscale Ray 2.6.3 and 2.8.0 allows /log_proxy SSRF. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this report is irrelevant because Ray, as stated in its documentation, is not intended for use outside of a strictly controlled network environment

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2025-46568Shared CWE-918
CVE-2024-51408Shared CWE-918
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CVE-2025-28089Shared CWE-918
CVE-2024-37359Shared CWE-918

Affected Assets

anyscale
ray
2.6.3, 2.8.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.6
  • V1.5.3
  • V5.3.2
  • V10.4.7

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-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

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.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure development practices directly include input validation and destination allow-listing that prevent SSRF.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of web applications and services can detect anomalous outbound requests indicative of SSRF.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record SSRF flaws in web applications.

PR.IR-01 partial match
prevents

Network segmentation and egress controls can limit the damage from successful SSRF requests.

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

Operational threat data describing SSRF campaigns can be used to tighten outbound-request allow-lists and detection rules before attackers exploit them.

References