CVE-2023-25188 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can gain unauthenticated OS-level access to Nokia baseband units if security hardening is removed, enabling privilege escalation and code execution.
- 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-2023-25188?
CVE-2023-25188 is a medium-severity authentication bypass 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 the Nokia Single RAN BTS baseband unit, the BTS baseband unit diagnostic tool AaShell (which is by default disabled) allows unauthenticated access from the mobile network solution internal BTS management network to the BTS embedded Linux operating-system level.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nokia Asika Airscale Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2023-25188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2023-25188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2gpj-wh36-7xwf.