Privilege escalation in Purestorage Flashblade

CVE-2023-4976

A flaw exists in FlashBlade whereby a local account is permitted to authenticate to the management interface using an unintended method that allows an attacker to gain privileged access to the array.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-4976: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4976?
CVE-2023-4976 is a vulnerability in Purestorage Flashblade, classified under Improper Privilege Management. Published 2024-07-17.
Is CVE-2023-4976 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.