What is CVE-2023-39593?

CVE-2023-39593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mariadb, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2024-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-39593?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-39593 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Mariadb

CVE-2023-39593

Insecure permissions in the sys_exec function of MariaDB v10.5 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. NOTE: this is disputed by the MariaDB Foundation because no privilege boundary is crossed.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Mariadb — versions 10.5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-39593?: CVE-2023-39593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mariadb, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2024-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-39593?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-39593 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.