Vulnerability in Univention Univention_corporate_server

CVE-2023-38994

The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privile…

EPSS: 0.003 (27.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.9 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38994?
CVE-2023-38994 is a high-severity vulnerability in Univention Univention_corporate_server, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.9/10. Published 2023-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-38994?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-38994 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.