CVE-2023-38176 Azure Arc-Enabled Servers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in Azure Arc-Enabled Servers to achieve elevation of privilege.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-38176?
CVE-2023-38176 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Arc-Enabled Servers, published on 8 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Azure Arc-Enabled Servers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38176?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Arc-Enabled Servers.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38176?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38176 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-2023-38176 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38176 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gx47-2cwv-p7wc.