CVE-2023-51842 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An algorithm-downgrade issue was discovered in Ylianst MeshCentral 1.1.16.

Published: 2024-01-29

Score: 7.5 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:meshcentral:meshcentral:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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-2024-0450	An algorithm-downgrade issue was discovered in Ylianst MeshCentral 1.1.16.
Github GHSA	GHSA-wpxw-5xfm-x22v	MeshCentral algorithm-downgrade issue

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00252.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral/tree/master
https://github.com/tianjk99/Cryptographic-Misuses/blob/main/Bug_MeshCentral.md
https://github.com/tianjk99/Cryptographic-Misuses/blob/main/CVE-2023-51842.md

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Meshcentral Meshcentral

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-02T19:34:59.744Z

Reserved: 2023-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-51842

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:48:12.069Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T20:15:15.150

Modified: 2025-06-02T20:15:21.457

Link: CVE-2023-51842

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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