CVE-2023-25186 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

A path traversal in the disabled AaShell tool allows filesystem access if security hardening is removed, impacting Nokia Airscale baseband units.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-25186?

CVE-2023-25186 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered on NOKIA Airscale ASIKA Single RAN devices before 21B. If/when CSP (as a BTS administrator) removes security hardenings from a Nokia Single RAN BTS baseband unit, a directory path traversal in the Nokia BTS baseband unit diagnostic tool AaShell (which is by default disabled) provides access to the BTS baseband unit internal filesystem from the mobile network solution internal BTS management network.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25186?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nokia Asika Airscale Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25186?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-25186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-99xm-qqmx-v647.

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