CVE-2023-23836 SolarWinds Platform Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

What is CVE-2023-23836?

CVE-2023-23836 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in SolarWinds Platform, published on 15 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SolarWinds Platform version 2022.4.1 was found to be susceptible to the Deserialization of Untrusted Data. This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with Orion admin-level account access to the SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23836?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Solarwinds Orion Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2023-23836?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2023-23836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Platform

• CVE-2020-10148 SolarWinds Orion Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27258 Privilege escalation in Orion Platform Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-25274 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-9546 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-13169 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 9.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6jmv-5f9v-pcqm.