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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.001 (1.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 1.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nokia Asika Airscale
- Nokia Asika Airscale Firmware — versions 19b, 20a, 20b
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- Nokia.com (Product)
- www.nokia.com/about-us/security-and-privacy/product-security-advisory/cve-2023-… (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.