CVE-2023-27516 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the CiRpcAccepted() functionality of SoftEther VPN 4.41-9782-beta and 5.01.9674. A specially crafted network packet can lead to unauthorized access. An attacker can send a network request to trigger this vulnerability.

Published: 2023-10-12

Score: 7.3 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SoftEther VPN

SoftEther VPN

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.41-9782-beta`	affected	—
`5.01.9674`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:softether:vpn:4.41-9782:beta::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:softether:vpn:5.01.9674:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-31278	An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the CiRpcAccepted() functionality of SoftEther VPN 4.41-9782-beta and 5.01.9674. A specially crafted network packet can lead to unauthorized access. An attacker can send a network request to trigger this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1754
https://www.softether.org/9-about/News/904-SEVPN202301
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1754

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Softether Vpn

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2023-10-12T15:27:52.223Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:16:36.884Z

Reserved: 2023-06-02T14:34:05.095Z

Link: CVE-2023-27516

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-07-31T20:16:51.806Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-12T16:15:11.670

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:53:04.520

Link: CVE-2023-27516

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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