CVE-2023-20858 Code injection in VMware Carbon Black App Control
Privileged attackers can inject code via the administration console to execute commands on the underlying server operating system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-20858?
CVE-2023-20858 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in VMware Carbon Black App Control, published on 21 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Carbon Black App Control 8.7.x prior to 8.7.8, 8.8.x prior to 8.8.6, and 8.9.x.prior to 8.9.4 contain an injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileged access to the App Control administration console may be able to use specially crafted input allowing access to the underlying server operating system.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20858?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Carbon Black App Control.
How do I fix CVE-2023-20858?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20858 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2023-20858 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20858 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in VMware Carbon Black App Control
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cfhc-8r7r-vh6v.