# CVE-2023-28124: Weak cryptography in UI Desktop for Windows

> Improper symmetric encryption allows users with file access to decrypt configuration content in UI Desktop for Windows.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 5 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r48c-xm7q-2f8v

## What is CVE-2023-28124?

CVE-2023-28124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in UI Desktop for Windows, published on 19 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper usage of symmetric encryption in UI Desktop for Windows (Version 0.59.1.71 and earlier) could allow users with access to UI Desktop configuration files to decrypt their content.This vulnerability is fixed in Version 0.62.3 and later.

Weakness: CWE-326 (Inadequate Encryption Strength)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28124?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ui Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in UI Desktop for Windows

- [CVE-2023-28122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28122/): Privilege escalation in UI Desktop for Windows (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-35257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35257/): Privilege escalation in UI Desktop for Windows (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-28123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28123/): Misconfiguration in UI Desktop for Windows (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28124 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in UI Desktop for Windows, published on 19 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: UI Desktop for Windows. 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-2023-28124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28124/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28124
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28124
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28124

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28124/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.