Vulnerability in Openpmix
CVE-2023-41915
OpenPMIx PMIx before 4.2.6 and 5.0.x before 5.0.1 allows attackers to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition during execution of library code with UID 0.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.011 (62.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Openpmix — versions 5.0.0
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0, 12.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37, 38, 39
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Not Applicable)
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-41915?
- CVE-2023-41915 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openpmix, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-09-09.
- How severe is CVE-2023-41915?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-41915 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.