What is CVE-2023-37249?

CVE-2023-37249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Infoblox Nios, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-37249?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Infoblox Nios

CVE-2023-37249

Infoblox NIOS through 8.5.1 has a faulty component that accepts malicious input without sanitization, resulting in shell access.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-08-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Infoblox Nios

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

infoblox.com (Product)
community.infoblox.com/t5/trending-kb-articles/nios-is-vulnerable-to-cve-2023-3… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37249?: CVE-2023-37249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Infoblox Nios, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-37249?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.