What is CVE-2023-43637?

CVE-2023-43637 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lfedge Eve, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-43637?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lfedge Eve

CVE-2023-43637

Due to the implementation of "deriveVaultKey", prior to version 7.10, the generated vault key would always have the last 16 bytes predetermined to be "arfoobarfoobarfo". This issue happens because "deriveVaultKey" calls "retrieveCloudKey…

EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Lfedge Eve
Lf-edge, Zededa Eve Os — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cve@asrg.io (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43637?: CVE-2023-43637 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lfedge Eve, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-43637?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.