CVE-2023-34469 Cold Rest Vulnerabiltiy
An attacker with physical network access can bypass access controls in AMI AptioV BIOS to read sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-34469?
CVE-2023-34469 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in AMI AptioV, published on 12 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
AMI AptioV contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an Attacker may use an improper access control via the physical network. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of confidentiality.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34469?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ami Aptio V.
How do I fix CVE-2023-34469?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-34469 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-34469 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34469 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in AMI AptioV
- CVE-2022-40250 Stack overflow vulnerability in SMI handler on SmmSmbiosElog.
- CVE-2025-33045 Legacy Serial Redirection SMRAM Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2022-26873 Memory corruption in Aptio
- CVE-2022-40261 SMM memory corruption vulnerability in OverClockSmiHandler SMM driver
- CVE-2022-40262 The arbitrary write vulnerability in S3Resume2Pei leads to arbitrary code execution during PEI phase.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2v3-ppqg-397p.