What is CVE-2023-1898?

CVE-2023-1898 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Atlas Copco Power Focus, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 9.4/10. Published 2023-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-1898?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Atlas Copco Power Focus

CVE-2023-1898

Atlas Copco Power Focus 6000 web server uses a small amount of session ID numbers. An attacker could enter a session ID number to retrieve data for an active user’s session.

Published 2023-06-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.4 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

References

www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-159-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1898?: CVE-2023-1898 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Atlas Copco Power Focus, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 9.4/10. Published 2023-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-1898?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.4 out of 10.