What is CVE-2023-40293?

CVE-2023-40293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Harman Infotainment, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-40293?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

RCE in Samsung Harman Infotainment

CVE-2023-40293

Harman Infotainment 20190525031613 and later allows command injection via unauthenticated RPC with a D-Bus connection object.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-08-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Harman Infotainment — versions 20190525031613

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

autohack.in/2023/07/26/dude-its-my-car-how-to-develop-intimacy-with-your-car/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40293?: CVE-2023-40293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Harman Infotainment, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-40293?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.