Privilege escalation in Nokia Asika Airscale
CVE-2023-25188
An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. If/when CSP (as a BTS administrator) removes security hardenings from the Nokia Single RAN BTS baseband unit, the BTS baseband unit diagnostic tool AaShell (which is by default disabled) allows unauthenticated access from the mobile network solution internal BTS management network to the BTS embedded Linux operating-system level.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.001 (1.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.
Affected products
- Nokia Asika_airscale
- Nokia Asika_airscale_firmware — versions 19b, 20a, 20b
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Product)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-25188?
- CVE-2023-25188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nokia Asika Airscale, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2023-06-16.
- How severe is CVE-2023-25188?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.