# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:U/UI:R`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2gpj-wh36-7xwf

## 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.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25188?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2023-25187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25187/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-25186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25186/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2023-25185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25185/): Privilege escalation in n/a (low 3.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2023-25188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25188/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25188/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.