# CVE-2023-23952: Command injection in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis

> Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Advanced Secure Gateway and Content Analysis systems via command injection.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gjqm-p585-r974

## What is CVE-2023-23952?

CVE-2023-23952 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis, published on 1 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Advanced Secure Gateway and Content Analysis, prior to 7.3.13.1 / 3.1.6.0, may be susceptible to a Command Injection vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23952?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway, Broadcom Content Analysis.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23952?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23952 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23952 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis

- [CVE-2018-5241](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5241/): Auth bypass in Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-46825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-46825/): Other in Advance Secure Gateway and ProxySG (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-23955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23955/): Server-side request forgery in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-23953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23953/): Privilege escalation in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-9100](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9100/): Information disclosure in ASG (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23952 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23952 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis, published on 1 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23952 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Advanced Secure Gateway, Content Analysis. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23952/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23952/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23952
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23952
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23952

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23952/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.