CVE-2023-40252 Code injection in Genian NAC Suite V5.0

Medium 6.0 Published 17 Aug 2023 Updated 1 Oct 2024

Attackers can inject code to replace trusted executables in Genian NAC and ZTNA products, leading to arbitrary code execution.

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-2023-40252?

CVE-2023-40252 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Genians Genian NAC Suite V5.0, published on 17 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Genians Genian NAC V4.0, Genians Genian NAC V5.0, Genians Genian NAC Suite V5.0, Genians Genian ZTNA allows Replace Trusted Executable.This issue affects Genian NAC V4.0: from V4.0.0 through V4.0.155; Genian NAC V5.0: from V5.0.0 through V5.0.42 (Revision 117460); Genian NAC Suite V5.0: from V5.0.0 through V5.0.54; Genian ZTNA: from V6.0.0 through V6.0.15.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40252?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Genians Genian Nac, Genians Genian Ztna.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40252?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2023-40252 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40252 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fwcj-54q6-qwrm.