What is CVE-2023-31189?

CVE-2023-31189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Openbmc, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2024-02-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-31189?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Intel Openbmc

CVE-2023-31189

Improper authentication in some Intel(R) Server Product OpenBMC firmware before version egs-1.09 may allow an authenticated user to enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2024-02-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00922.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-31189?: CVE-2023-31189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Openbmc, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2024-02-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-31189?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.