What is CVE-2023-51772?

CVE-2023-51772 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oneidentity Password Manager, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-12-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-51772?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oneidentity Password Manager

CVE-2023-51772

One Identity Password Manager before 5.13.1 allows Kiosk Escape. This product enables users to reset their Active Directory passwords on the login screen of a Windows client. It launches a Chromium based browser in Kiosk mode to provide the reset functionality. The escape sequence is: wait for a session timeout, click on the Help icon, observe that there is a browser window for the One Identity website, navigate to any website that offers file upload, navigate to cmd.exe from the file explorer window, and launch cmd.exe as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Published 2023-12-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oneidentity Password Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

www.oneidentity.com/products/password-manager/ (Product)
sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/kiosk-escape-privilege-escalation-on… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-51772?: CVE-2023-51772 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oneidentity Password Manager, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-12-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-51772?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.