# CVE-2023-24568: Security feature bypass in NetWorker

> An attacker can bypass certificate validation checks in Dell NetWorker, preventing the replacement of CA-signed certificates.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 May 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8pp4-frh8-35px

## What is CVE-2023-24568?

CVE-2023-24568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell NetWorker, published on 30 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell NetWorker, contains an Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch vulnerability in Rabbitmq port which could disallow replacing CA signed certificates.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation), CWE-297 (Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24568?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Networker.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-24568?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24568 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-24568 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24568 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker

- [CVE-2023-28055](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28055/): Missing authorization in NetWorker (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-25539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25539/): Command injection in NetWorker NVE (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-42422](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42422/): Auth bypass in NetWorker (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2025-21103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21103/): Code injection in NetWorker Management Console (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-21107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21107/): Privilege escalation in NetWorker (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-24568 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-24568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell NetWorker, published on 30 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24568 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell NetWorker. 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-2023-24568/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24568/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24568
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24568
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24568

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24568/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.